Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 14

ABNEY PARK TRUST

The conservation and management of Abney Park (a 32acre memorial park, heritage chapel & woodland nature reserve) for environmental and arts education, skills training courses, museum/archive services, & cultural events. Projects include restoration of the Abney Park Chapel, arboretum, and memorials, and a new classroom and children's garden. Based in Stoke Newington, Hackney, London N16.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£45	£45	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£57	£41	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21		£68	£48	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20	*	£48	£62	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44
31/03/19		£53	£51	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/18		£55	£52	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£48	£45	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£47	£37	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£81	£69	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£96	£93	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£80	£77	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£85	£103	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£114	£94	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£70	£93	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£156	£133	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£180	£177	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£173	£200	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£163	£198	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£179	£233	£-54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£275	£222	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 33 years

www.abneypark.org

info@abneypark.org

02072757557

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Hackney,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Hackney Council	£60,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£6,667

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Abney Park Trust
£20,000	21/03/2022	The grant funding enables The Trust to maintain its core objectives and activities as set out above. It is a major contribution to the ongoing role of the Trust in fulfilling its charitable ....more The grant funding enables The Trust to maintain its core objectives and activities as set out above. It is a major contribution to the ongoing role of the Trust in fulfilling its charitable objectives.
Hackney Council - Grant to Abney Park Trust
£20,000	10/12/2020 12	The project will pay towards our core costs to ensure Abney Park is kept open and freely accessible at no charge to the general public, and the grounds are maintained as a local green resource.
Hackney Council - Grant to Abney Park Trust
£20,000	09/12/2020	Core Costs
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Abney Park Trust
£10,000	18/09/2020	COVID19 Abney Park Trust
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Abney Park Trust (Covid-19 Emergency Response)
£6,667	01/04/2020	Abney Park is an amazing and precious space of urban peace and tranquillity, especially in these troubling times. They are an independent registered charity Abney Park Trust and promote the park's ....more Abney Park is an amazing and precious space of urban peace and tranquillity, especially in these troubling times. They are an independent registered charity Abney Park Trust and promote the park's history, wildlife and role in the community. They aim to ensure that local residents can make the most of this unique community asset improving their quality of life & usage of the Park.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-62

BROOKE LOUISE MCKINNIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

ELINOR ROBERTS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Advertising Executive

MARTINA GIRVAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ecological Consultant.

NICHOLAS TONER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Manager

CAROL IRENA GOLDWAG Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Event Manager

JOHN MCSHANE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Social Worker

SUSAN FAJANA-THOMAS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: London Borough Of Hackney Councillor

TOM WALKER (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Deputy Chief Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/1991, number: 1005334
Registered at Companies House on 01/08/1991, number: 02634036

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 75 days late, AR12: 35 days late, AR11: 23 days late, AR10: 16 days late, AR06: 276 days late,

Main office

The South Lodge
Abney Park
London
England
N16 0LH

Objectives

(1)THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS ABNEY PARK CEMETERY AS AN AREA OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS (2)TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOROUGH OF HACKNEY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS (3)THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DISPLAY OF A COLLECTION OR COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION LITERATURE MANUSCRIPTS AND ARTIFACTS CONCERNING THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, ASSOCIATIONS AND ECOLOGY OF THE CEMETERY

Defined Area of Benefit:

HACKNEY

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