UTKINTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1055175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides facilities for recreation, education and leisure for the residents of Utkinton and its locality. It provides space for indoor and outdoor sports, children's parties, Yoga, Dancing, Pilates, W.I., Parish Council, School events.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF UTKINTON

Area of benefit: PARISH OF UTKINTON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£17k

Latest spending

£13k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £30,100.62 and incurred total expenditure of £28,100.62 for the year ending December 2024, resulting in a surplus. The bank balance increased from £21,211.19 in January to £20,289.08 in December, with the majority of funds held in a current account.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
Complaints 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £1,700 — grants £1,700 (1); 10% of the £16,910 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 16
Government income: £14,000 — grants £14,000 (3); 49% of the £28,354 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £1,361 — grants £1,361 (3); 9% of the £15,331 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Aleks Bochniak
Anita Gore
BRENDA RAMSDEN
Charles Hardy
Craig Hatchell
GRAHAM Harrison
MARGARET BOWERS
Sue Richardson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£17k	£13k
31/12/2024	£28k	£28k
31/12/2023	£15k	£17k
31/12/2022	£10k	£16k
31/12/2021	£3k	£6k

Common questions

Is UTKINTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £30,100.62 and incurred total expenditure of £28,100.62 for the year ending December 2024, resulting in a surplus. The bank balance increased from £21,211.19 in January to £20,289.08 in December, with the majority of funds held in a current account.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/01/2026	£20k	Community Sports Court
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2008	£9k	Refurbishment of Utkinton Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/10/2004	£3k	multi use sports area

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PETER ADAMS TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIRTLINGTON VILLAGE HALL.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UTKINTON VILLAGE HALL	£17k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KIRTLINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TATTERSHALL VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL UPCHURCH FY2025	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ETCHINGHILL VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£70k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OULTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.