THE FRIENDS OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK

Registered charity 295261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FMECP

To preserve or assist in the preservation for the benefit of the public of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park Cornwall as a place of histoical, botanical, horticultural,architectural and natural beauty

Objects

TO PRESERVE OR ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK AS A PLACE OF HISTORICAL, BONTANICAL, HORTICULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND NATURAL BEAUTY.

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

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £31,223 for the year ending December 2025, reducing total accumulated funds from £112,561 to £81,338. The trustees confirmed the charity remains in a stable financial position with no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. The organization operates without paid employees and relies on unrestricted funds to cover its operational expenditures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Events (55% of income)
“Event income accounted for came from the 2024 Car Show (£18,366) received in February, Easter Egg Trail (£1,285), Green Man (£78), Fireworks (£692) Christmas Fayre Tombola (£508) event.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FOMECP (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£43k£34k
31/12/2024£36k£67k
31/12/2023£34k£32k
31/12/2022£31k£37k
31/12/2021£33k£48k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £31,223 for the year ending December 2025, reducing total accumulated funds from £112,561 to £81,338. The trustees confirmed the charity remains in a stable financial position with no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. The organization operates without paid employees and relies on unrestricted funds to cover its operational expenditures. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/04/2014£10k"Research life on a country estate prior to WW1 and the impact thereafter"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/05/2001£5k"This group assist in the preservation of the country park. The award will pay for a consultant to research and identify how best to increase"