MILTON CREEK COUNTRY PARK TRUST

Registered charity 1193109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Work in partnership with local councils, park ranger, and other local organisations to support maintenance, environment, leisure, recreation and fundraising for a council owned Country Park.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AT MILTON CREEK COUNTRY PARK IN SITTINGBOURNE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNTRY PARK AT MILTON CREEK AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR COOPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MEETING OF SUCH A PARK FOR ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE CIO IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, RECORDING AND RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: MILTON CREEK COUNTRY PARK IN SITTINGBOURNE

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 incurred a deficit of £4,735.93 for the year, resulting in a decrease in its accumulated fund from £13,143.49 to £9,568.99. Total receipts of £35,339.70 were insufficient to cover total payments of £40,075.63. The filing does not disclose any specific reserves policy or material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Milton Creek Country Park Trust — ““ Space ”, a new community and education hub built by the Friends of Milton Creek and funded by the Milton Creek Country Park Trust.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Rodger Dendorchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Antony Charles Winckless · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Ernest Andrews · trustee of 1 other charity
• Derek William Carnell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Maureen Williams
• Lynda Kathleen Marshall
• Stephen Arthur Davey
• Susan Ann Gent

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASTBURY MERE TRUST.

• ASTBURY MERE TRUST income £105k
• THE WHITLINGHAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.3m
• MILTON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £20k
• THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m
• ASTON AND COTE COMMUNITY TRUST income £28k
• TIRCOED VILLAGE TRUST income £71k

Side by side with its peers

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