FRIENDS OF GUNNERSBURY PARK AND MUSEUM

Registered charity 286310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FROGS

A friends organisation to support Gunnersbury Park and Museum

Objects

A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF GUNNERSBURY PARK AND BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST THEREIN.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE PARK.C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING, SUPPORTING, ASSISTING AND IMPROVING GUNNERSBURY PARK MUSEUM.D) TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£9k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £403,697, which the trustees deem sufficient to continue its activities. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain free reserves at a level equating to approximately twelve months of forecast unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity has no paid staff or premises and operates on a voluntary basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately twelve months of forecast unrestricted charitable expenditure (reserves figure: £404k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately twelve months of forecast unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£9k£12k
31/03/2025£96k£17k
31/03/2024£9k£7k
31/03/2023£13k£12k
31/03/2022£10k£6k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF GUNNERSBURY PARK AND MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £403,697, which the trustees deem sufficient to continue its activities. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain free reserves at a level equating to approximately twelve months of forecast unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity has no paid staff or premises and operates on a voluntary basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST1£10k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF GUNNERSBURY PARK AND MUSEUM£9k—0above—no doubt
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£2.5m£90,000 - £99,9991below—no doubt
FRIENDS OF GRAVES PARK FY2026£29k——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF CASSIOBURY PARK FY2026£33k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FY2025£199k——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERY FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt

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