# FRIENDS OF WESTGATE PARKS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1178364
- **Other names:** FOWP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 14, 2018
- **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=1178364


## Contact

- **Address:** 21 Whitehall Gardens, CANTERBURY
- **Postcode:** CT2 8BD
- **Phone:** 01227761178
- **Email:** friendsofwestgateparks@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.westgateparks.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WESTGATE PARKS IN CANTERBURY (HEREINAFTER CALLED `THE PARKS`) AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTEREST AND BEAUTY.2. TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE OF THE PARKS.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE SUBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY AND BY RESEARCH INTO THE BIODIVERSITY, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF AREAS OF THE WESTGATE PARKS.

**Activities:** Conservation activities include maintenance of Westgate Parks wild flower meadow, physic garden, river banks and wildlife pond, and monitoring river-flies and butterflies. Education includes river and bat walks, archaeological digs, and forest school activities for children and adults. Research on biodiversity and archaeology is facilitated. Fund-raising activities are undertaken in support.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1271 | £2334 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £3732 | £2336 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1409 | £2277 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4339 | £5717 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £452 | £472 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Terence Westgate** (Chair) — appointed June 22, 2018
- COLETTE BAUMBANK — appointed June 22, 2018
- Dr Dick Vane-Wright — appointed June 22, 2018
- Gillian Margaret Pascal — appointed May 23, 2024
- Ian Alexander Pascal — appointed May 23, 2024
- MICHAEL FRANK WALTER — appointed June 22, 2018
- Michael Pocock — appointed June 22, 2018
- Peter John Blackett — appointed June 22, 2018
- Sharon Elizabeth Patmore — appointed May 28, 2025