Common questions about Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited a good charity? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited scores 86 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 72% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited as a registered charity (charity number 1007183). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1007183&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's charity number? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's charity number is 1007183. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's charity rating? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited scores 86 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 72% of Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 28% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 31% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited. Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited receive? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited reported £18m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited based? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's registered contact address is in Milton Keynes (MK9 4AD). It tells the regulator it operates in Milton Keynes, with a focus on environment.
How much is Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's money come from? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited reported £19m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were investments £11m (59%), other income £4.3m (23%), trading and fundraising events £1.8m (10%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited? +
The register does not record Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's trustees paid? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited registered as a charity? +
Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited was entered on the register on 9 January 1992. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02519659).
How does CharityCompare score Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Milton Keynes Parks Trust Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.