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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

FRIENDS OF DIDSBURY PARK

In the last 10 years members and volunteers have put in over 40,000 hours of work in the park in the face of ever more severe local authority cuts, thereby preserving the park as an invaluable amenity and now regularly attaining the highest standards in the Britain in Bloom competition; being voted the "most favourite" park in Manchester and awarded the King's Award for Voluntary Services in 2023
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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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/12/23£23£27£-3n/a
31/12/22£16£19£-3n/a
31/12/21£21£19£2n/a
31/12/20£13£10£2n/a
31/12/19£24£14£10n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

friendsofdidsburypark.com

brian.a.p.johnson@btinternet.com

07557127458

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • 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
Forever Manchester - Tools for volunteers
£972 22/06/2022
Outdoor maintenance equipment
Forever Manchester - Didsbury Park Maintenance and Improvement Project
£977 26/08/2021
Friends of park group received funding for maintenance equipment and tools

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • ALLAN JEPSON Appointed: 2023
  • BIENIO ONG Appointed: 2020
  • BRIAN ALLAN JOHNSON (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • DERMOT PATRICK PRESTON Appointed: 2020
  • DR JOYCE BARCLAY Appointed: 2023
  • MICHAEL CORLETT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • MURRAY JAMES NEE Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2018, number: 1179064
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

21 Heritage Gardens
MANCHESTER
M20 5HJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND/OR SERVICES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF DIDSBURY PARK AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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