Registered charity 1208421

Friends of the Eco Park

What it does

The charity has not given a description on the register.

Its charitable purposes

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CEFN FFOREST AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND TRAINING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ANY RELATED ACTIVITIES.3. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF A GREEN AREA KNOWN AS THE ECO PARK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF CEFN FFOREST AND VISITORS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GREEN AREA.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Environment, conservation and heritage
Recreation
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Caerphilly

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 May 2025, it had income of £4,075 and spent £5,242.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 May 2025	£4,075	£5,242	Not reported	5

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 129% of its income in the year to 31 May 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 May 2025: £2,218 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

11 trustees run the charity.

Christopher LLewellyn HawkerChairAppointed 28 May 2024
Charlotte Louise BeardAppointed 4 June 2025
Christine EdwardsAppointed 28 May 2024
Diane Joan MurphyAppointed 24 June 2025
Edward William ThomasAppointed 28 May 2024
Gail SouthwoodAppointed 27 August 2025
Helen Claire JohnsAppointed 24 June 2024
Mary ThurlowAppointed 1 January 2017
Michelle Sherry PewtnerAppointed 28 May 2024
Teresa HeronAppointed 28 May 2024
Zoe Clare LewisAppointed 28 May 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 May 2025	31 March 2026	Received 21 December 2025, 100 days early	Received 21 December 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1208421
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 28 May 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 May 2024
Council area of its contact address: Caerphilly

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 May 2025

£4,075

£5,242

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 May 2025

31 March 2026

Received 21 December 2025, 100 days early

Received 21 December 2025