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Registered charity · West Yorkshire

The Friends of the Rydings Park, Library, ART Gallery and WAR Memorial

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £1k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, City Of Wakefield
Website
www.friendsoftherydings.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1k£3k
  • 2024£1k£6k
  • 2023£769£2k
Earlier years
  • 2022£822£2k
  • 2021£16£132

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE GREATER USE OF THE RYDINGS PARK COMPLEX AT BRIGHOUSE BY WORKING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE LOCAL POPULATION IN THE FORM OF A PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF BRIGHOUSE AND CALDERDALE.TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE FACILITIES OF RYDINGS PARK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY BY PROVISION OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

Grants received

2 grants · £6,900 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,900 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002008-02-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,9002005-04-15
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

4.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3Economic/community Development/employment 2Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1106556
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 7TH OCTOBER 2004.AS AMENDED ON 28 SEP 2019
Contact on the register
07895054060 · info@friendsoftherydings.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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