MEERSBROOK PARK USERS TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1199091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity undertakes a range of activities and events aimed at helping to promote, develop and protect Meersbrook Park in Sheffield and manages the care and maintenance of the historic Walled Garden within the park with the help of 40 dedicated volunteer gardeners. The garden is leased to the group by Sheffield City Council which owns the park.

Objects

1. TO ASSIST IN THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEERSBROOK HERITAGE PARK IN SHEFFIELD FOR THE LEISURE, RECREATION, ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF SHEFFIELD; 2. THE CARE, MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE VICTORIAN WALLED GARDEN IN MEERSBROOK PARK, SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENJOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORNAMENTAL LEISURE GARDEN AND FOR GROWING FOOD, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the period, with total expenditure of £10,284 exceeding incoming resources of £8,650. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,000, which were explicitly set aside to ensure continuity if main income streams were interrupted.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elizabeth Martinezchair
• Andy Kershaw
• Kathryn Morrell
• NEIL PARRY
• Rhiannon Eloise Thomas
• Terence Graham Scully

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).