THE RILEY SMITH HALL CHARITABLE COMPANY

Registered charity 1013507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RILEY SMITH HALL CHARITABLE COMPANY

A public hall / theatre for the benefit of the community.

Objects

THE ACQUISITION PREVERVATION AND PROTECTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF TADCASTER OF THE RILEY SMITH HALL. 2. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF TADCASTER.

Area of benefit: TADCASTER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £86,331, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £30,000 (six months' running costs). The charity reported a net income surplus of £22,836 for the year, supported by a 10% increase in hire fees and a Gift Aid donation from its trading subsidiary.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The Riley-Smith Hall Charitable Company is delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund provided a grant of £20,000 towards our projec…” (source page)
• Yorkshire Green Community Fund — “We are extremely pleased to report that the Riley-Smith Hall has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Yorkshire Green Community Fund to imp…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christian Paul James Hortonchair
• CHRISTINE MARY BLEASBY
• David Michael McBride · trustee of 1 other charity
• GRAHAM AUTON
• SUSAN MARGARET COLE
• The Honourable Robert Toby Long Chaloner · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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