SHENLEY PARK TRUST

Registered charity 803520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain and develope a 45 acre rural park for the public.

Objects

(1) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A RURAL PARK IN THE PARISH OF SHENLEY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF. (2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF SHENLEY. (3) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PARK.

Area of benefit: SHENLEY

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 holds free unrestricted reserves of £61,556, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of between £100,000 and £107,000. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit, while maintaining a strong net asset position of over £13 million primarily in fixed assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brown Warner LLP. Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• WARREN GORDONchair
• George Kiladze
• Harvey Patterson
• Jonathan Shaw
• Laura Milton
• NEIL HIBBERT
• Natalie Ruth Susman · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSEMARY GILLIGAN
• WILLIAM SUSMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• richard butler
• steve harrington-smith

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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