Common questions about The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens a good charity? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens scores 51 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. 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 The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens as a registered charity (charity number 299740). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=299740&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 The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's charity number? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's charity number is 299740. 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 The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's charity rating? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens scores 51 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). 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 The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight; late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens'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 The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens receive? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens reported £988k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens based? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's registered contact address is in Bournemouth (BH2 6DY). It tells the regulator it operates in Bournemouth, with a focus on community.
Where does The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's money come from? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens reported £988k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £513k (52%), donations and legacies £453k (46%), trading and fundraising events £22k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens? +
The register does not record The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's trustees paid? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens registered as a charity? +
The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens was entered on the register on 26 July 1988.
How does CharityCompare score The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens'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 The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens'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.