Townsend Enterprise Park is registered as a company limited by guarantee in Northern Ireland (No 20329) and is registered as a charity for tax purposes with the Inland Revenue (No XR 93502). Since the company was founded in 1987, the Directors have been guided by an ethos of service to the community, which has been embraced by all serving and former board members. Townsend Enterprise Park was established by local churchmen and professional people, who recognised the need for such a venture as a means of creating new opportunities, stretching the imagination and promoting peace and reconciliation within the local community. Since it’s establishment, the company has steadily and quietly expanded and matured into the successful organisation it is today, as one of the top enterprise agencies in Northern Ireland. This collective ambition to create an enterprise park in this particular area, as a means of raising it’s profile and encouraging peace and reconciliation, really took off in 1987, when Phase One opened with 35,000 sq. The success of this venture became evident in 1995 when expansion became necessary and Phase Two of the Park was completed, accommodating a further 15-20 businesses and creating employment for a further 250 people. Today the success of Townsend Enterprise Park is highlighted in the fact that the business has an 85% occupancy rate, catering for 37 small/medium sized businesses which employ just under 300 people on the site.
