Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

FRIENDS OF CANNIZARO PARK 

The Friends of Cannizaro Park was founded in 1997 and works with Merton Council to protect this 300 year old Grade II* listed garden. The activities of the Friends include a volunteer group to undertake garden maintenance; funding of and fund-raising for planting and restoration; providing information on the park; organizing guided walks for the public; caring for Aviary birds
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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*£43£25£18n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£37£32£5n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£32£26£6n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/20£16£17£-2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£12£11£1n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£8£3£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£6£9£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£10£7£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

http://www.cannizaropark.com

secretary@cannizaropark.com

07767 317750

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Merton,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2015, number: 1160982
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR23: 22 days late,
Main office

c/o Willow House
35 High Street
Wimbledon Village
London
SW19 5BY

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:(A) TO CONSERVE AND IMPROVE CANNIZARO PARK LOCATED IN WIMBLEDON, LONDON SW19 (‘THE PARK’) AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTEREST AND BEAUTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY OF LONDON AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES; (B) TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS SHALL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECT INCLUDING: PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING IN THE (I) CONTINUATION OF THE PARK’S STATUS AS A GRADE II LISTED GARDEN; (II) ENHANCEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE PARK BY THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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