MIDLANDS PARKS FORUM

Charity Number: 1186863
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Midlands Parks Forum operates as an umbrella organisation in the East and West Midlands, to help improve green spaces. We help to raise standards and share good practice through conferences, workshops and educational forums, to share and learn with green space practitioners from local authorities; agencies such as Natural England and LANTRA; charities, and corporate partners.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 November 2023

Total income: £64,844
Total expenditure: £34,570

People

8 Trustee(s)

40 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 December 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Liz Stuffins MSc CMLI Chair 28 November 2019
None on record
Felicity Claire Hogg BSc Trustee 20 December 2022
None on record
James Cairncross Trustee 28 October 2022
None on record
Richard Hunt Trustee 30 June 2021
None on record
Ishrat Karimi Fini M.A. Trustee 28 November 2019
None on record
Samantha Rae Village BA Msc Trustee 28 November 2019
None on record
Angela Lewis Trustee 28 November 2019
None on record
JAMES DYMOND Trustee 28 November 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/11/2020 30/11/2021 30/11/2022 30/11/2023
Total gross income £71.53k £66.57k £34.39k £64.84k
Total expenditure £30.85k £43.25k £36.10k £34.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 30 November 2023 19 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2023 19 June 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 November 2022 16 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2022 16 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 November 2021 10 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2021 10 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 November 2020 12 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 November 2020 12 April 2021 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Dec 2019

Charitable objects

1. TO PROVIDE AND ENHANCE, AND / OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND ENHANCEMENT OF, THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY) AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC PARKS, GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLAND, PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE RESERVES AND RECREATIONAL SPACES; 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) WITH REGARDS TO THE HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE, ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY, HERITAGE AND LOCAL HISTORY; AND 3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF PARKS AND GREEN OPEN SPACES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE, THE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE AN UMBRELLA GROUP FOR OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS. IN THESE OBJECTS, THE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS WITHIN THE EAST AND WEST MIDLANDS.

Contact information

Address:
186 ALCESTER ROAD SOUTH
BIRMINGHAM
B14 6DE
Phone:
07384 312840
Email:
info@midlandsparksforum.co.uk
Website:

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