The Friends of Richmond Park has been a charitable organisation since 2009. It has 2500 members, is run by approximately 150 volunteers and has no staff. Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, former Richmond Park MP Baroness Susan Kramer and broadcaster Clare Balding are patrons of FRP. The chair (in 2020) is Ron Crompton, who also chairs the Royal Parks Friends Forum. The Friends Forum enables the chairs of all the Royal Parks Friends groups to meet regularly to discuss common issues and to make their views known to the chief executive of the Royal Parks, the Royal Parks Advisory Group and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.