DARFIELD AREA AMENITY SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1095372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAASL

A village civic society that also organises and manages a small village museum.

Objects

TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND ARTS AND CRAFTS SKILLS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT; TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: DARFIELD, GREAT AND LITTLE HOUGHTON, BILLINGLEY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £22,363 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £257,617 to £235,254. Unrestricted reserves stood at £32,038, which the trustees monitor to ensure they are sufficient to meet ongoing maintenance and upkeep costs of the museum. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carmen Elizabeth Hancockchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Donna Brookes
• Elizabeth Barbara Crowcroft · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Macmillan

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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