FRIENDS OF ROWNTREE PARK

Registered charity 1183948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical /naturalenvironment of Rowntree Park as a place of environmental interest and amenity valueAdvance the education of people in relation to the history, biodiversity of the park.Provide facilities/opportunities for public education, recreation etc and promote civic responsibility, volunteering, health and wellbeing.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVES ( THE OBJECTIVES) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:1) PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ROWNTREE PARK AS A PLACE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST AND AMENITY VALUE:2) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY, BIODIVERSITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF ROWNTREE PARK AND RELATED ISSUES:3) PROVIDE OF FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE INTERESTS WITHIN ROWNTREE PARK4) PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, VOLUNTEERING, HEALTH AND WELLBEING AMONG THE USERS OF ROWNTREE PARK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,558 for the year, driven by a decrease in restricted grant income. Despite this, unrestricted reserves remain at £22,316, which the trustees note is above their policy target of three months of ongoing expenditure. The trustees have assessed major risks and expressed confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2021 (received 22/10/2022, 84 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Chester · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Catherine Jane Mortimer
• Edward George Woollard
• Jane Elen Mackay
• Lucy Katherine Brown
• Matthew Smelt-Webb
• Rose Stanyon
• Sian Evangeline de Groot

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

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