FRIENDS OF ROPNER PARK

Charity Number: 1125093
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Organise events and band concerts in Ropner Park. Provide healthy home baked food and snacks in the cafe. Encourage recreational use of the park by individuals, families and groups. Encourage art, photographic groups and schools to use the park, portray their favourite scenes, and to display their work in the cafe if they wish. Liase with Stockton Council on future works and events within the park

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £301,616
Total expenditure: £307,000

Total income includes £8,000 from 1 government contract(s) and £8,000 from 3 government grant(s)

People

6 Trustee(s)

30 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Stockton-on-tees

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 July 2008: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • FORP (Working name)
Company number:
06247357 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
STAN TAYLORSON Chair 11 June 2014
None on record
Gary Whiteside Trustee 21 June 2023
None on record
Richard Hasthorpe Trustee 22 June 2022
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH
Received: On time
STOCKTON MEN'S SHED
Recently registered
Christina Whiteside Trustee 13 June 2018
None on record
Catherine Mulloy Trustee 22 July 2016
None on record
VICTORIA NICHOLSON Trustee
The Nicholson Family Foundation
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £147.50k £157.01k £253.14k £264.97k £301.62k
Total expenditure £159.69k £146.29k £254.30k £264.81k £307.00k
Income from government contracts £1.50k N/A N/A N/A £8.00k
Income from government grants N/A N/A £5.00k £8.80k £8.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 16 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 16 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 13 August 2024 195 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 13 August 2024 195 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 30 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 12 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 12 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 26 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 26 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 MAY 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26 JUNE 2008

Charitable objects

THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROPNER PARK.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

STOCKTON-ON-TEES

Contact information

Address:
36 Springfield Avenue
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Cleveland
TS18 4EH
Phone:
01642614459
Email:
forpchairman@talktalk.net
Website:

www.forp.org.uk Open in new window