Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

FRIENDS OF JERSEY PARK

Jersey Park is located in Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot. We promote the park as a public open space for the benefit of the community, involving residents in improving the physical and natural environment. Promoting a sense of community through organised events, and promoting health and wellbeing through healthy open air activities. Obtaining funds through grants and fundraising activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/24£3£4£-1n/a
31/03/23£13£22£-10n/a
31/03/22£16£2£14n/a
31/03/21£15£15£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

alisonkingdom268@hotmail.com

01639813289

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Neath Port Talbot,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Friends of Jersey Park
£10,000 06/12/2021
#15Minutes2 Sheltering Jersey Park for the Community

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISON MAY BECK Appointed: 2016
  • BRIAN DAVID WILLIAMS Appointed: 2016
  • DEREK JAMES KINGSTON Appointed: 2022
  • GARETH RICE Appointed: 2022
  • JOHN PHILIP BECK Appointed: 2024
  • LESLIE SHEPPARD (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • LINDA CATHERINE ANN SOCZEWKO Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH MARGARET DAVIES Appointed: 2023
  • VALERIE MARY JOHNSON-JONES Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2019, number: 1185809
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE GILGAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP on 23/01/2023
Main office

268 NEATH ROAD
BRITON FERRY
NEATH
SA11 2SL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS:-FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRITON FERRY, NEATH AND SURROUNDING AREA (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) 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 THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE JERSEY PARK.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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