FRIENDS OF CASSIOBURY PARK

Registered charity 1211170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are dedicated to preserving and enhancing Cassiobury Park. We foster a harmonious balance between nature and community by organising conservation and educational events, fundraising for park improvements, and advocating for the parks ongoing success.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(1) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CASSIOBURY CARK ('THE PARK') AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTEREST AND BEAUTY;(2) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL PLANT, ANIMAL AND BIRD LIFE OF THE PARK; (3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE 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: Watford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £50,378.50 as of 5 April 2026, with £30,878.50 ring-fenced for a specific wetlands project. The trustees report no debts and assert that the charity has no regular operational costs or liability for buildings, relying instead on existing reserves to cover approved expenditures. They conclude there is no real risk to financial viability from unexpected expenditure or loss of income.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Robert Jakeman FCMAchair
• Alexander Ira Thomas MA, MSc
• Alistair John Crowder
• Kevin Blake
• Rachel Siobhan Burke
• Robert John Barnes
• Simonie Jeffree
• Wendy Alison Crowder

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF GUNNERSBURY PARK AND MUSEUM.

• FRIENDS OF GUNNERSBURY PARK AND MUSEUM income £9k
• FRIENDS OF GRAVES PARK income £29k
• FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CHARITABLE TRUST income £15.3m
• FRIENDS OF SYWELL COUNTRY PARK income £39k
• FRIENDS OF DYMCHURCH RECREATION GROUND income £62k
• FRIENDS OF RYE HARBOUR NATURE RESERVE income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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