RIPON COMMUNITY HOUSE LIMITED

Registered charity 1098125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIPON C.V.S., RIPON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Promotes voluntary activity in Ripon, Boroughbridge, Pateley Bridge and Masham. Provides advice and information on voluntary organisations and services.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF RIPON, BOROUGHBRIDGE, PATELY BRIDGE AND MASHAM AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.CILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID PERSONS

Area of benefit: LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF RIPON, BOROUGHBRIDGE, PATELY BRIDGE AND MASHAM AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £44,883 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to maintenance and building work costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £1,212,938, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for future operational existence.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04421338

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ripon Community House (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DUNFORD, Jeremy Stephen — director, appointed 02/04/2026on trustee list
• CHAMBERS, Michael Geoffrey — director, appointed 25/04/2025not on trustee list
• BLUNSTONE, Rebecca Louise — director, appointed 15/11/2023on trustee list
• THWAITES, Michael Justin — director, appointed 14/11/2023on trustee list
• ELSY, David William — director, appointed 28/05/2014on trustee list
• SHARMAN, Katie Elizabeth — director, appointed 28/05/2014on trustee list
• MARTIN, Stuart Andrew — director, appointed 22/04/2002not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stuart Andrew Martin MBEchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• DAVID WILLIAM ELSY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jeremy Dunford
• Katie Elizabeth Sharman
• Michael Justin Thwaites
• Michael Chambers MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Blunstone · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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