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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

MILTON CREEK COUNTRY PARK TRUST

Work in partnership with local councils, park ranger, and other local organisations to support maintenance, environment, leisure, recreation and fundraising for a council owned Country Park.
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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

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
30/09/23£62£6£56n/a
30/09/22£23£9£14n/a
30/09/21£19£15£4n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

http://miltoncreek.co.uk/

mike.dendor@kemsleycommunitycentre.com

07733937102

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Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£24,345 03/04/2023
The funding enabled us to build a community hub in Milton Creek Country Park. A warm dry space for workshops, events and other activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Space in the Park
£9,920 18/11/2022
The group will use the funding to purchase shipping containers which will provide indoor spaces at a local park. This will improve a space that matters to the local community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANTONY CHARLES WINCKLESS Appointed: 2020
  • CHRISTOPHER ERNEST ANDREWS Appointed: 2020
  • DEREK WILLIAM CARNELL Appointed: 2020
  • JANET MAUREEN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022
  • LYNDA KATHLEEN MARSHALL Appointed: 2020
  • MICHAEL RODGER DENDOR (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • NICHOLAS PETER ANDREW VICKERS Appointed: 2022
  • STEPHEN ARTHUR DAVEY Appointed: 2020
  • SUSAN ANN GENT Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2021, number: 1193109
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Kemsley Community Centre
The Square
Ridham Avenue
Kemsley
SITTINGBOURNE
Kent

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AT MILTON CREEK COUNTRY PARK IN SITTINGBOURNE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNTRY PARK AT MILTON CREEK AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR COOPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MEETING OF SUCH A PARK FOR ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE CIO IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, RECORDING AND RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MILTON CREEK COUNTRY PARK IN SITTINGBOURNE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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