HEXHAM AND TYNEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1125705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEXHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE

Maintain & manage Hexham Community Centre to provide offices for rent, rooms for hire & facilities to voluntary & Community groups in the Hexham & Tynedale Area. Also to facilitate two elderly persons groups and provide OFSTED registered Pre-school Playgroup, who now also facilitate the Parent & Toddler group held in the Community Centre.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS WITHIN HEXHAM AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT WITHIN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND ('THE AREA OF BENEFIT') BY ASSOCIATING THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: HEXHAM

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
£311k
Latest spending
£299k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £311,264 and held unrestricted reserves of £69,563, which the trustees note represents approximately four months of running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds no investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: several months (held: £70k)
“The Trust’s policy is to establish unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover running costs for several months ahead” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£311k£299k
31/03/2024£334k£297k
31/03/2023£266k£241k
31/03/2022£262k£198k
31/03/2021£189k£211k

Common questions

Is HEXHAM AND TYNEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £311,264 and held unrestricted reserves of £69,563, which the trustees note represents approximately four months of running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds no investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HEXHAM AND TYNEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEXHAM AND TYNEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East09/10/2025£10kGrant to Hexham and Tynedale Community Trust
Community Foundation North East17/07/2025£3kGrant to Hexham and Tynedale Community Trust
Community Foundation North East09/05/2024£9kGrant to Hexham and Tynedale Community Trust
Community Foundation North East16/03/2023£5kGrant to Hexham and Tynedale Community Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2022£10kHexham Jubilee Garden
Community Foundation North East08/07/2021£7kA grant to Hexham and Tynedale Community Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£5kSupporting Local Older People Through Coronavirus Restrictions
UK government16/06/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England31/03/2020£23kRefurbishment of community hall
Community Foundation North East10/02/2016£2kTowards Pensioners Group summer trip
Community Foundation North East19/05/2015£2kTowards Essential repairs and maintenance to lift at Hexham Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2015£10kHexham Community Centre - Open Arms 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 HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HEXHAM AND TYNEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST£311k—0above—no doubt
HEXHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024£224k—0above—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025£421k—0below—noted
CASTLE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt
FERRYSIDE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GROUP FY2024£105k—0above—no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt

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