Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

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

Analysis by Giving is Great

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
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/12/22	£15,848	£19,287	£-3,439
31/12/21	£20,931	£18,891	£2,040
31/12/20	£12,809	£10,494	£2,315
31/12/19	£23,568	£13,506	£10,062

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

friendsofdidsburypark.com

brian.a.p.johnson@btinternet.com

07557127458

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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 significant 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

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

4 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.