FRIENDS OF BATTERSEA PARK

Registered charity 802905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FoBP seeks to act for the public benefit to secure the preservation, protection and improvement of the Park as a place of historic and ecological interest, beauty, rest and recreation; to promote the conservation of the plant, animal and bird life of the Park and the Park as a semi-natural habitat for wildlife; and to inform the public of the history, natural history and other aspects of the Park.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF BATTERSEA PARK AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTEREST, BEAUTY, REST AND RECREATION; TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL PLANT, ANIMAL AND BIRD LIFE AT THE PAK AND IN PARTICULAR, ITS RETENTION AS A SEMI-NATURAL HABITANT FOR WILD LIFE; AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PARK.

Area of benefit: BATTERSEA 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £106,402 at the year end, representing a surplus of £7,120 for the period. The trustees report that the charity has no tangible fixed assets, no outstanding loans or overdrafts, and no paid employees, relying instead on voluntary income and grants to fund its charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNABEL BARHAM STEIN
• Adrian John Flook
• FRANCES RADCLIFFE OBE
• Fenella Barber
• Juliet Lyon-Smith
• Kate Bock
• Kathryn Anne Little Morgan
• Martin James Colin Graham
• Miles Kerstein
• Russell Coffey
• Sara Milne
• Tim Donovan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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