CRYSTAL PALACE PARK TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 1 February 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 11360503
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £2,656,281
Latest expenditure: £2,035,144
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: GLL College, Ledrington Road, London, SE19 2BB

Website recorded by the regulator: https://crystalpalaceparktrust.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

03 Official extract

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: 17 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 17 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,656,281
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,035,144

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: 3 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,932,711
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,699,302

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: 12 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 12 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,061,244
Total Gross Expenditure: £968,514

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 10 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 10 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £699,147
Total Gross Expenditure: £334,654

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £583,957
Total Gross Expenditure: £145,666

04 Official extract

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: 17 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,656,281
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,035,144
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £128,235
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 3
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

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: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,932,711
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,699,302
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £125,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Volunteers: 0

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: 12 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,061,244
Total Gross Expenditure: £968,514
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £54,458
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 10 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £699,147
Total Gross Expenditure: £334,654
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £583,957
Total Gross Expenditure: £145,666
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

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: 17 June 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 910262
Income Other Trading Activities: 1205700
Income Charitable Activities: 136730
Income Investments: 273046
Income Other: 130543
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2656281
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,035,144
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2035144
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 14250
Expenditure Support Costs: 494949
Expenditure Depreciation: 11773
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £861,949
Assets Total Fixed: 208024
Assets Own Use: 208024
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,970,750
Assets Total Liabilities: £420,677
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,758,097
Creditors One Year Total Current: 420677
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,740,403
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1309756
Funds Restricted: 448341
Funds Total: 1758097
Count Employees: 14
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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: 3 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 435191
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1206221
Income Investments: 289226
Income Other: 2073
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1932711
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,699,302
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1699302
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 719372
Expenditure Depreciation: 15684
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,136,930
Assets Total Fixed: 228751
Assets Own Use: 228751
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,445,637
Assets Total Liabilities: £537,428
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,136,960
Creditors One Year Total Current: 537428
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,181,924
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1136960
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1136960
Count Employees: 10
Consolidated 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: 12 September 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 60474
Income Other Trading Activities: 955172
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 45598
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1061244
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £968,514
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 968514
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 573826
Expenditure Depreciation: 3416
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £685,504
Assets Total Fixed: 218047
Assets Own Use: 218046
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,216,147
Assets Total Liabilities: £530,643
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £903,551
Creditors One Year Total Current: 530643
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £970,927
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 903551
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 903551
Count Employees: 11
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 10 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 229
Income Other Trading Activities: 698918
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 699147
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £334,654
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 334654
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 262276
Expenditure Depreciation: 917
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 74234
Assets Own Use: 74233
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,007,332
Assets Total Liabilities: £270,745
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £810,821
Creditors One Year Total Current: 270745
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,006,831
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 810821
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 810821
Count Employees: 4
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 March 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 583957
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 583957
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £145,666
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 145666
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 34278
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 88835
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £445,508
Assets Total Fixed: 1
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £811,630
Assets Total Liabilities: £365,303
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £446,328
Creditors One Year Total Current: 365303
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £811,630
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 445508
Funds Restricted: 820
Funds Total: 446328
Count Employees: 2
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bromley
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

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

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

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

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CRYSTAL PALACE PARK TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2021-02-01T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14 MAY 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 JAN 2021 as amended on 17 Jun 2026
Charitable Objects: 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.

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures