BEECH HURST GARDENS CHARITY

Registered charity 305202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEECH HURST GARDENS PUBLIC PARK, BEECH HURST RECREATION GROUND

The provision and maintenance of a public park for the enjoyment of the inhabitants of Haywards Heath and Mid Sussex District.

Objects

FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TH BENEFICIAL AREA FOR EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CULTURAL OR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES

Area of benefit: CUCKFIELD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

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: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that all charities operate with a policy to hold no reserves, with any expenditure shortfall covered by donations from the Council (MSDC). The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation or indicating non-compliance with accounting standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Charity's policy is to hold no reserves.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: MSDC funds deficits
“The shortfall between income generated through charitable trading and its commitments is donated by the Council (MSDC). The Council maintains the quality and income generating capacity of the facilities and the objective of the Charity is not subject to volatile external markets, therefore, the risk that the Council would not be able to meet any future losses is minimal.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 10/02/2026, 10 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 17/02/2025, 17 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£130k£95k
31/03/2024£131k£90k
31/03/2023£134k£52k
31/03/2022£128k£97k
31/03/2021£130k£158k

Common questions

Is BEECH HURST GARDENS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that all charities operate with a policy to hold no reserves, with any expenditure shortfall covered by donations from the Council (MSDC). The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation or indicating non-compliance with accounting standards. 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
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST1£13k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST JOHN'S PARK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEECH HURST GARDENS CHARITY£130k—0below—no doubt
ST JOHN'S PARK FY2025£48k—0below—no doubt
QUEEN'S PARK FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
WEST HAM PARK FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
PRIORY PARK FY2025£240k—0below—no doubt
HESKETH BANK AND TARLETON HELPERS FY2026£45k——unclear—no doubt

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