01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042935
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G84 8FA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Following the completion of the Hermitage Park restoration project, which merited significant investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Friends of Hermitage Park (FOHPA) aims to ensure that standards are maintained and the Park is both further developed and actively used by people within and without Helensburgh. The Charity achieves this by liaising with the day to day park supervisor and by regular Steering Group meetings with Argyll & Bute senior management, ensuring among other issues that standards continue to meet the Green Flag Award criteria. FOHPA works with A&B Development officer to deliver regular Park User Group meetings through out the year in addition to community events. In partnership with the Park Supervisor the Friends work with the local community to introduce new community groups into the Demonstration Garden plots as well as encouraging individuals to participate in the volunteering sessions held twice a week by the Park Supervisor.
Charitable purposes
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The restoration of Hermitage Park, the provision of recreational facilities and the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities, by providing facilities for the benefit of townspeople and visitors to Helensburgh.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £603 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,368 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 2 September 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £1,628 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,216 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 2 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,784 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,824 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 31 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £719 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £13,960 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 3 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,218 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £14,609 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 November 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 11 Templeton Way, Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/hermitage-park
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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