ST MATTHEWS COMMUNITY HALLS

Registered charity 1094096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

PROVIDES A WARM, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT WITH QUALITY FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IN DOING SO ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITY USERS TO FLOURISH

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BARROW IN FURNESS ST MATTHEW IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BARROW IN FURNESS, ST MATTHEWS IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£62k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net profit of £4,712.28 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds cash funds in current and deposit accounts, with total fund assets of £19,093.91 at year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

  • Government income: £23,700 — grants £23,700 (2); 39% of the £61,530 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 4

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£62k£57k
31/12/2023£38k£55k
31/12/2022£29k£30k
31/12/2021£34k£16k

Common questions

Is ST MATTHEWS COMMUNITY HALLS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net profit of £4,712.28 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds cash funds in current and deposit accounts, with total fund assets of £19,093.91 at year-end. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£19kStaff Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2014£8kSt Matthew's Community Hub Development Project.
Northern Rock Foundation10/05/2005£33kGrant awarded to St Matthews Community Halls (Cumbria)

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARGARET'S HOUSE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MATTHEWS COMMUNITY HALLS£62k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARGARET'S HOUSE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SAINT PAUL'S COMMUNITY HALL FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. ANNE'S COMMUNITY HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
CHALFONT ST. PETER COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
ST JOHN'S HALL MEADOWFIELD FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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