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WEST HAM PARK

Registered charity 206948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The park is to held on trust forever ''as an open public grounds and gardens for the resort and recreation of adults and playgrounds for children.''

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates with a deficit, as its running costs are funded by the City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate, resulting in no free reserves. The trustee considers a reserves policy inappropriate due to this deficit-funded status, though designated funds of £799,893 are held for specific asset purposes. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: City of London Corporation (82% of income)
“An amount of £1,414,148 (2023/24: £1,233,567) was received from the City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate as a contribution towards the running costs of the charity.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Consequently, this charity has no free reserves and a reserves policy is considered by the trustee to be inappropriate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: City Corporation provides services (banking, support costs) recharged to charity at cost/commercial rates.
“The City Corporation provides various services to the charity, the costs of which are recharged to the charity. This includes the provision of banking services, charging all transactions to the charity at cost and crediting or charging interest at a commercial rate. The cost of these services is included within expenditure, as set out in note 7.”
“The City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate meets the deficit on running expenses of the charity and also provides funding for certain capital works.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: City Corporation funds the deficit on running expenses.
“The City Corporation provides various services to the charity, the costs of which are recharged to the charity. This includes the provision of banking services, charging all transactions to the charity at cost and crediting or charging interest at a commercial rate. The cost of these services is included within expenditure, as set out in note 7.”
“The City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate meets the deficit on running expenses of the charity and also provides funding for certain capital works.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Key management personnel benefits allocated to charity.
“The City Corporation provides various services to the charity, the costs of which are recharged to the charity. This includes the provision of banking services, charging all transactions to the charity at cost and crediting or charging interest at a commercial rate. The cost of these services is included within expenditure, as set out in note 7.”
“The City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate meets the deficit on running expenses of the charity and also provides funding for certain capital works.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£800k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2023£2.2m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.6m

Common questions

Is WEST HAM PARK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operates with a deficit, as its running costs are funded by the City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate, resulting in no free reserves. The trustee considers a reserves policy inappropriate due to this deficit-funded status, though designated funds of £799,893 are held for specific asset purposes. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST WICKHAM COMMON AND SPRING PARK WOOD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEST HAM PARK£1.7m—0below—no doubt
WEST WICKHAM COMMON AND SPRING PARK WOOD FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
BARHAM PARK FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST FY2024£269k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARHAM PARK TRUST (1984) FY2025£983k—0above—no doubt
FOLKESTONE PARKS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS CHARITY FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.