SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
“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
“Settle Victoria Hall Ltd has a trading subsidiary (Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd)” — page 19
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- 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
- 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
Funders the charity credits
- Keyfund
- Power to Change
- NIF
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)
Trustees
- Helen Glanville
- Ian Robert Falkingham
- Jean Margaret Hall
- Kirsty Jane Lancaster
- Simon Fraser Robinson
- TIMOTHY GORDON WILLIAMS
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £9k | Grant (Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund) |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/11/2024 | £20k | Refurbishment of the OLDEST MUSIC HALL IN THE WORLD! |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/08/2009 | £7k | Volunteers Inspiring Cultural Expression (VICE) in Settle |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/01/2007 | £8k | Break - A - Leg Youth Theatre 2007 |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 02/02/2000 | £202k | "Settle Victoria Hall Community Centre Project" |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED | 1 | £40k |
| OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST | 1 | £23k |
| THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND | 1 | £10k |
| THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION | 1 | £7k |
| THE MARCHUS TRUST | 1 | £7k |
| MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND | 1 | £5k |
| CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £4k |
| THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION | 1 | £4k |
Charities like this
- POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL
- NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED
- WILTONS MUSIC HALL
- LOW BENTHAM PUBLIC HALL AND VICTORIA INSTITUTE
- THE MARKET HALL CINEMA AND ARTS TRUST
- MADDERMARKET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SETTLE VICTORIA HALL LIMITED | £382k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL | £174k | £3,572.00 | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED | £16.3m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WILTONS MUSIC HALL | £2.5m | £60,001 - £70,000 | 1 | within | — | no doubt |
| LOW BENTHAM PUBLIC HALL AND VICTORIA INSTITUTE | £172k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE MARKET HALL CINEMA AND ARTS TRUST | £257k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |