BRISTOL AND BATH PARKS FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 26 February 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £330,612
Latest expenditure: £531,155
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Engine Shed, Approach Road, Temple Meads, BRISTOL, BS1 6QH

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.yourpark.org.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Your Park Bristol & Bath (the working name of the Charity) works to help everyone access parks and their transformational health and wellbeing benefits. We run a programme of activities and provide support to communities in the highest areas of deprivation in Bristol and Bath with the aim of increasing use of parks. To do this, we focus on three key areas: health, access and nature.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £330,612
Total Gross Expenditure: £531,155

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 19 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 19 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £636,887
Total Gross Expenditure: £571,779

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 22 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £553,224
Total Gross Expenditure: £359,601

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 17 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 17 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £182,618
Total Gross Expenditure: £172,429

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 14 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £167,778
Total Gross Expenditure: £172,497

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £330,612
Total Gross Expenditure: £531,155
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £9
Income From Government Grants: £194,379
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 909

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £636,887
Total Gross Expenditure: £571,779
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £462,451
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 500

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 22 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £553,224
Total Gross Expenditure: £359,601
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 6
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Contracts: 236562
Income From Government Grants: £236,562
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 137

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 17 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £182,618
Total Gross Expenditure: £172,429
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Grants: £51,277
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £167,778
Total Gross Expenditure: £172,497
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £90,008
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 6

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 June 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 599320
Income Other Trading Activities: 13771
Income Charitable Activities: 18644
Income Investments: 5152
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 636887
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £82,502
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £489,277
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 571779
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 116550
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £11,019
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £370,181
Assets Total Liabilities: £24,703
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £345,478
Creditors One Year Total Current: 24703
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £319,768
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 11019
Funds Restricted: 334459
Funds Total: 345478
Count Employees: 11
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 22 August 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 15192
Income Other Trading Activities: 20455
Income Charitable Activities: 516508
Income Investments: 1069
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 553224
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £67,307
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £292,294
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 359601
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 51581
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £10,038
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £290,898
Assets Total Liabilities: £10,528
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £280,370
Creditors One Year Total Current: 10528
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £272,494
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 10038
Funds Restricted: 270332
Funds Total: 280370
Count Employees: 9
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: South Gloucestershire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bristol City
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: North Somerset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bath And North East Somerset
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BRISTOL AND BATH PARKS FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-02-26T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Feb 2019
Charitable Objects: 3.1 THE OBJECT(S) OF THE CIO ARE TO:3.1.1 PROVIDE AND ENHANCE, AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND ENHANCEMENT OF, PARKLAND FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT) AND "PARKLAND" SHALL INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC PARKS, GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLAND, PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE RESERVES AND RECREATIONAL SPACES; AND 3.1.2 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) WITH REGARD TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE, ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY, HERITAGE AND LOCAL HISTORY; AND 3.1.3 IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY PROVIDING AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; ANDIN THIS CLAUSE "AREA OF BENEFIT" MEANS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS OF BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL, NORTH SOMERSET COUNCIL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL, AND SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 644086
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Your Park Bristol & Bath

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling