Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

DOUAI PARK RECREATION ASSOCIATION 

To provide in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life for members of the community, a recreation ground, playing field and sports facilities and the encouragement of the playing of sport, in order to provide healthy recreation particularly for the benefit of the residents of West Berkshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 14 years

www.douaipark.org.uk

dghowe@hotmail.co.uk

07867474760

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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£37£35£2n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/22£29£19£10n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£36£18£18n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£65£30£35n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/19£27£36£-9n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18?£20£16£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£710£706£4£701£4£40.110
30/04/16£194£121£73£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£121£42£79£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£22£17£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£9£5£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • West Berkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 35 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Changing and clubroom replacement
£200,000 11/04/2016
14
Funding under Sport England's Improvement Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Changing and clubroom replacement'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Sport England - Changing and clubroom replacement
£200,000 11/04/2016
28
Funding under Sport England's Improvement Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Changing and clubroom replacement. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Sport England - Cricket development - mobile nets
£5,042 30/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Cricket development - mobile nets'. This project lists its main activity as Cricket.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/06/2010, number: 1136464
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

HIGH TREES
CURRIDGE ROAD
CURRIDGE
THATCHAM
RG18 9NA

Objectives

TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, A RECREATION GROUND, PLAYING FIELD AND SPORTS FACILITIES AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PLAYING OF SPORT, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HEALTHY RECREATION PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST BERKSHIRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST BERKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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