SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED

Registered charity 1078166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SETTLE VICTORIA CENTRE, Settle Victoria Hall Ltd

Significant venue for touring professional drama, music, entertainment. Theatre space with excellent backup facilities. Local groups, charities, committees and local government bodies hire the various rooms regularly for meetings, lectures, public meetings and social events. The town's weekly market, regular bookfairs and mini markets widen the range of customers using the premises.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PERSONS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS2) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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

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Latest income
£382k
Latest spending
£368k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds increased to £9,341, with the trustees expressing confidence in the charity's future stability despite a challenging climate for community venues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Loan and trade creditor balances with trading subsidiary
“Settle Victoria Hall Ltd has a trading subsidiary (Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd) - The balances with SVH Enterprises are as follows: At the balance sheet date there was a loan balance of £3,761 due to Settle Victoria Hall Ltd from Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd. Included in trade creditors is a balance of £3,545 payable to Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd
“Settle Victoria Hall Ltd has a trading subsidiary (Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd)” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£507k
Total spending
£479k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£30k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£382k£368k
31/03/2024£364k£369k
31/03/2023£427k£457k
31/03/2022£507k£479k
31/03/2021£216k£221k

Common questions

Is SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds increased to £9,341, with the trustees expressing confidence in the charity's future stability despite a challenging climate for community venues. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATIONFY2022£9kGrant (Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund)

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2024£20kRefurbishment of the OLDEST MUSIC HALL IN THE WORLD!
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2009£7kVolunteers Inspiring Cultural Expression (VICE) in Settle
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2007£8kBreak - A - Leg Youth Theatre 2007
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2000£202k"Settle Victoria Hall Community Centre Project"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED£382k—0unclear—no doubt
POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL FY2025£174k£3,572.000unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£16.3m——unclear—no doubt
WILTONS MUSIC HALL FY2025£2.5m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
LOW BENTHAM PUBLIC HALL AND VICTORIA INSTITUTE FY2025£172k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARKET HALL CINEMA AND ARTS TRUST FY2025£257k—0unclear—noted

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