HAM AND PETERSHAM ASSOCIATION AND AMENITIES GROUP

Registered charity 1192741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to advance citizenship for the public benefit by protecting and improving the quality of life of people living in, working in, or visiting the area of Ham and Petersham. Activities include holding Ham Fair and Ham Open Gardens, maintaining Ham Pond and Latchmere Brook, entering London in Bloom, reviewing planning applications, organising litter picks, etc.

Objects

TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN, WORKING IN, OR VISITING THE AREA OF HAM AND PETERSHAM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING: 1)A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC AND THE FOSTERING OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE CAPACITY TO EFFECT NECESSARY CHANGE; 2)HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING, URBAN DESIGN, LANDSCAPING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT; 3)THE CONSERVATION, CREATION OF OR IMPROVEMENT TO LANDS, BUILDINGS, OPEN SPACES, WATERWAYS, AMENITIES, FEATURES OF HISTORIC INTEREST AND THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER OF LOCALITIES, ESPECIALLY BY ADHERENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE AVOIDANCE, REMOVAL, OR IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES THAT ARE UNSIGHTLY OR, IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, UNDESIRABLE; 4)SUPPORT FOR LOCAL CHARITABLE AND COMMUNITY GROUPS AND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THESE GROUPS THROUGH SMALL GRANTS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £4,852 for the year, with total funds held at 31 December 2025 amounting to £33,905. The Trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to continue current activities and meet the policy target of holding a minimum of £10,000. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination which reported no material matters requiring attention.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Geoffrey Charles Bondchair
• Charles William Cookson Doe RIBA
• David Butcher
• David John Jowers
• JEAN LOVELAND
• Linda Mary Holland
• Pauline Gizejewski
• Sarah Victoria Griffiths
• Sir David Reeve Williams CBE

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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