Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 21

THE FRIENDS OF TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY PARK

To protect, preserve and care for Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and Ackroyd Drive Greenlink as a LNR and Metropolitan SINC within East London. To celebrate and share the unique benefits of this space - ecology, heritage, community - with all in the local area and beyond.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

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		£303	£230	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,000
31/03/22		£212	£200	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,000
31/03/21		£239	£190	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/03/20		£222	£163	£59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,000
31/03/19		£181	£148	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,300
31/03/18		£145	£149	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£142	£152	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£174	£164	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£155	£142	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£114	£126	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£111	£95	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£79	£86	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£93	£88	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£71	£85	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£74	£113	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£153	£103	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£103	£74	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£82	£75	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

http://www.fothcp.org/

contact@fothcp.org

02089831277

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2,000 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

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£117,500
DCMS	£36,700
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Pilgrim Trust	£10,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£5,478
The Fore	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Lodge refurbishment
£10,000	09/12/2022	This project will support the completion of the refurbishment of the Cemetery Park Lodge which will be used s a community facility to benefit the public. It will support vulnerable and hard to reach ....more This project will support the completion of the refurbishment of the Cemetery Park Lodge which will be used s a community facility to benefit the public. It will support vulnerable and hard to reach groups such as adults recovering from substance abuse young people the elderly and children with learning difficulties. Activities will include walks talks workshops and volunteering programmes all aimed at helping people reconnect with nature improve their mental wellbeing and learn new skills. The improvements will allow the diversity of the community to be increased.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	22/04/2022	Heritage & Us: unlocking the heritage of THCP to secure our future
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£10,000	24/06/2021 14	Heritage & Us: understanding and preserving the history of a unique East End Cemetery
DCMS - CRF21 The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£12,200	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Cheshire Community Foundation - Nature & Us: Green Activities to Improve Community Health and Wellbeing in Tower Hamlets
£5,478	12/11/2020	The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park work with the community to care and improve Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and other vital greenspaces in the borough to improve local health and wellbeing, ....more The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park work with the community to care and improve Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and other vital greenspaces in the borough to improve local health and wellbeing, the local environment, understanding of the area’s history and community cohesion. Our project, Nature & Us, will support >300 community members vulnerable or already suffering from mental and physical health issues, through twice monthly nature-based sessions such as therapeutic gardening and nature walks (24 x 2 hour sessions in total). The grant will be primarily used to pay for sessional costs (staff, materials, seeds and bulbs) to bring beneficiaries together on a regular basis. By the end of the project we will have supported participants vulnerable to ill health (eg. the isolated elderly, low income families, those recovering from substance abuse) by improving their feelings of health and wellbeing and reducing their sense of isolation.
DCMS - CRF20: Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£24,500	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to The Friends
£5,000	12/06/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to The Friends, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Friends Of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£18,600	02/06/2020	COVID19: The Friends Of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£98,900	16/12/2019	Heritage & Us: unlocking the hidden heritage of THCP for the wider community.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£49,050	10/04/2014 36	£49,050 over three years (£19,050; £15,000; £15,000) towards the costs of Training, Leisure Learning and Community Consultancy Coordinator to develop the charity’s environmental education ....more £49,050 over three years (£19,050; £15,000; £15,000) towards the costs of Training, Leisure Learning and Community Consultancy Coordinator to develop the charity’s environmental education services.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
£30,000	20/11/2012	Towards the salary of a new post to enable the organisation to expand and develop its biodiversity training and community-based consultancy service.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-74

ANDREW MOFFATT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelancer

DEBORAH COLVIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

JASMINA NEGRINI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Bank Manager

LOUISE ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Banker

RUTH BRADSHAW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Policy Manager

STAVROS FOTIADIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Operations Manager

COLIN WISEMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

TOBY SIBLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Project Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2004, number: 1107136
Registered at Companies House on 16/09/2004, number: 05233566

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR12: 5 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR08: 99 days late, AR07: 34 days late,

Main office

SOANES CENTRE
SOUTHERN GROVE
LONDON
E3 4PX

Objectives

TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPE OF THE TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY PARK AND ACKROYD DRIVE GREENLINK LOCAL NATURE RESERVE (THE CEMETERY PARK) INCLUDING ITS MONUMENTS AND BIODIVERSITY AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE AND NATURE RESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN TOWER HAMLETS THROUGH PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY, AND BY PARTNERING ORGANISATIONS WHOSE AIMS ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY PARK.

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