FRIENDS OF CLAPHAM COMMON

Registered charity 1199785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FCC

1. Promote conservation, protection, improvement and biodiversity of the physical and natural environment of Clapham Common; and 2. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities and activities for the benefit of the inhabitants of south west London in particular but not exclusively by the preservation, promotion, support, assistance and improvement of Clapham Common.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF CLAPHAM COMMON INCLUDING TO PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY ON CLAPHAM COMMON.2. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH WEST LONDON ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND ACTVITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CLAPHAM COMMON.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £37,752, resulting in general unrestricted reserves of £8,603. The trustees have established a reserves policy to maintain a minimum of £2,000 to mitigate risks associated with reliance on voluntary funding. The charity reports no staff, relying instead on volunteers and contractors, and confirms that resources are adequate to sustain current activities.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “We give thanks to our major donors - The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Mayor of London ‘Rewild London’ Fund and the Consano Earth Fund…” (source page)
• The Mayor of London ‘Rewild London’ Fund — “We give thanks to our major donors - The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Mayor of London ‘Rewild London’ Fund and the Consano Earth Fund…” (source page)
• Consano Earth Fund — “We give thanks to our major donors - The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Mayor of London ‘Rewild London’ Fund and the Consano Earth Fund…” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shirley Kermerchair
• Edward Matthew Allnutt
• Gareth Andrew James · trustee of 1 other charity
• Harriet Hall
• Margherita de Dominicis
• Michiel Kermer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Jane Walker

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HORSELL COMMON PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

• HORSELL COMMON PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £343k
• WEST WICKHAM COMMON AND SPRING PARK WOOD income £2.0m
• WIMBLEDON AND PUTNEY COMMONS CONSERVATORS income £2.7m
• TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD income £185k
• FRIENDS OF SPENCER PARK income £335k
• CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH CLEEVE HILL COMMON income £332k

Side by side with its peers

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