Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

BRISTOL AND BATH PARKS FOUNDATION

Your Park Bristol & Bath (the working name of the Charity) works to help everyone access parks and their transformational health and wellbeing benefits. We run a programme of activities and provide support to communities in the highest areas of deprivation in Bristol and Bath with the aim of increasing use of parks. To do this, we focus on three key areas: health, access and nature.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£553£360£194£67£280£100.39137
31/12/22£183£172£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£168£172£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£130£89£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£63£23£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 0.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 25.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 6 years

https://www.yourpark.org.uk/

info@yourpark.org.uk

07870110428

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£229,265
Nesta£88,617
Quartet Community Foundation£33,535
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£7,436
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 21/12/2023
24
Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Your Park Bristol & Bath
£3,000 08/12/2023
4
To progress work started developing community-led park assessments for disabled people and carers, transforming access to urban parks.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Your Park Bristol & Bath
£5,000 16/11/2023
12
Toward the Roots to Wellbeing project that seeks to transform mental health in areas of multiple deprivation through Bristol's parks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Step-change in innovative mental health support
£219,265 23/02/2023
This funding will be used to support 200 individuals per year to access the wellbeing benefits of spending time in nature. The project aims to enable people with mental health problems in Bristol and Bath to access quick effective and enjoyable peer ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Your Park Bristol & Bath
£3,000 09/12/2022
To run the Roots to Wellbeing Project, which provides in-nature therapy sessions, in Brickfields Park, Bath.
National Lottery Community Fund - Roots to Wellbeing - expansion into Bath
£10,000 16/09/2022
The organisation wish to launch their Roots to Wellbeing in Bath after piloting it in Bristol and they will run activity sessions in their park including pruning planting mindfulness and nature therapies with the aim of improving mental health and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Making Brickfields Park a safer, more inclusive place
£1,500 15/09/2022
For community sessions and events in Brickfields Park in Bath to redevelop the space and improve the Park's safety and access.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Your Park Bristol & Bath
£4,955 09/08/2022
To develop a regional partnership of disabled people and carer organisations to raise awareness and to improve access to parks for these communities.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation
£9,000 21/07/2021
2
Recruiting an Inclusion and Participation Consultant who will help review the organisation's work, consult with local people and other organisations, build new partnerships and create a new resource and activity plan.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation
£1,500 06/07/2021
A litter picking station at Sydney Gardens, Bath to encourage the community to reduce waste.
Quartet Community Foundation - Community Park Ranger - Bath
£2,080 21/01/2021
To deliver an 8 week project of park activities around Green Park, bringing together carers, community volunteers and local residents to revitalise neglected green spaces and strengthen the community.
Quartet Community Foundation - Community Park Ranger
£3,500 15/09/2020
To deliver and test an 8 week pilot of park activities around Green Park & bring together carers, community volunteers and local residents revitalising neglected green spaces and improving mental well-being.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,436 07/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Nesta - AC00992
£88,617 12/12/2019
7
Rethinking Parks programme grant to Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation Grant Ref AC00992
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNA LITTLE Appointed: 2024
  • CLARE HANLEY-THEARE Appointed: 2024
  • HELEN SHIRLEY HOBBS Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERT JOHN ACTON-CAMPBELL (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • ROY AKBAR TINDAL KAREEM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/2019, number: 1182217
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Your Park Bristol & Bath
PO Box 1702
BRISTOL
BS49 4YW

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECT(S) OF THE CIO ARE TO:3.1.1 PROVIDE AND ENHANCE, AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND ENHANCEMENT OF, PARKLAND 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 PARKLAND SHALL INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC PARKS, GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLAND, PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE RESERVES AND RECREATIONAL SPACES; AND 3.1.2 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) WITH REGARD TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE, ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY, HERITAGE AND LOCAL HISTORY; AND 3.1.3 IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY PROVIDING AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; ANDIN THIS CLAUSE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL, NORTH SOMERSET COUNCIL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL, AND SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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