# FRIENDS OF ROPNER PARK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1125093
- **Other names:** FORP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 21, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1125093


## Contact

- **Address:** 36 Springfield Avenue, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, Cleveland
- **Postcode:** TS18 4EH
- **Phone:** 01642614459
- **Email:** forpchairman@talktalk.net
- **Website:** www.forp.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROPNER PARK.

**Activities:** Organise events and band concerts in Ropner Park. Provide healthy home baked food and snacks in the cafe. Encourage recreational use of the park by individuals, families and groups. Encourage art, photographic groups and schools to use the park, portray their favourite scenes, and to display their work in the cafe if they wish. Liase with Stockton Council on future works and events within the park

**Area of benefit:** STOCKTON-ON-TEES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Stockton-on-tees



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £358753 | £336879 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £301616 | £307000 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £264969 | £264814 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £253139 | £254302 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £157013 | £146293 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **STAN TAYLORSON** (Chair) — appointed June 11, 2014
- Catherine Mulloy — appointed July 22, 2016
- Christina Whiteside — appointed June 13, 2018
- Gary Whiteside — appointed June 21, 2023
- Richard Hasthorpe — appointed June 22, 2022
- VICTORIA NICHOLSON