Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Excess reserves: -2
Positive trading contribution: +2;Future income +5

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

CRYSTAL PALACE PARK TRUST

To act as the custodian of Crystal Palace Park and to protect, manage and improve the Park as a green, historic, ecological, recreational, sporting, cultural and educational resource in the interests of the community and other park users.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £810,821 available, equivalent to 29 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£699	£335	£364	£0	£811	£811	29.1	4	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 29.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 26 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 3 years
(5 years as a company)

https://crystalpalaceparktrust.org

contact@crystalpalaceparktrust.org

02080507120

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Bromley,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Crystal Palace Park Trust: Connecting People through the Park
£495,736	27/09/2023	This funding will be used to contribute to core salaries for 3 years at the Crystal Palace Park Trust (CPPT) a community-led organisation with day to day responsibility for management of the park ....more This funding will be used to contribute to core salaries for 3 years at the Crystal Palace Park Trust (CPPT) a community-led organisation with day to day responsibility for management of the park which provides activities and facilities for the residents of Bromley and other neighbouring boroughs. The funding will help the Trust bring together members of the Park community to restore the 200 acre park improve its infrastructure and co-create and deliver a programme of enhancement and activation for the benefit of communities in 5 London boroughs.
Greater London Authority - Grant to A New Stage for Crystal Palace Bowl
£18,000	06/03/2021	Having recently registered the stage as an Asset of Community Value, The Crystal Palace Park Trust want to reboot the 'Rusty Laptop’- as the concert bowl is affectionately known by locals. The ....more Having recently registered the stage as an Asset of Community Value, The Crystal Palace Park Trust want to reboot the 'Rusty Laptop’- as the concert bowl is affectionately known by locals. The first step, which this campaign addresses, is to resurface the large stage floor area with a durable new timber decking and undertake essential maintenance works in the back-of-house structure

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-68

AMY JENKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher

DONALD FORDE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

EMMA HATCH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Development Manager

GEMMA ALICE MARY-ANN WOODFALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Landscape Architect

PHILIP KOLVIN QC Appointed: 2018

RICHARD MICHAEL SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Brand And Communications Consultant

ADAM STEVENS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant

ALISON COUCHMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Events Manager

LYNSEY MARSHALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant

MARTIN TEMPIA (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/02/2021, number: 1193331
Registered at Companies House on 14/05/2018, number: 11360503

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

GLL College
Ledrington Road
London
SE19 2BB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(1) TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, MANAGE AND IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF CRYSTAL PALACE PARK IN SOUTH LONDON IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROTECTING AND CONSERVING STRUCTURES, MONUMENTS, LANDSCAPES, BUILDINGS AND OBJECTS OF ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORIC, ENGINEERING, ECOLOGICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST.(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION INCLUDING ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE(3) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORTS.(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING EDUCATION IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF CRYSTAL PALACE PARK AND ITS PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ATTRIBUTES.(5) TO FURTHER ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES CONNECTED WITH CRYSTAL PALACE PARK AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

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