GRASSINGTON HUB

Registered charity 1136898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GRASSINGTON AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND VISITORS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME.THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GRASSINGTON AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND VISITORS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION BY ASSOCIATING THE SAID RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORSIN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE COMPANY WILL HAVE THE POWER TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND MAINTAIN, MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN OR PROMOTED BY THE COMPANY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

Area of benefit: GRASSINGTON

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£61k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £101,907 at the end of the period, which is above the trustees' stated policy of holding at least nine months of reserves. The trustees declare that the charity is in a stable financial position with no uncertainties regarding its continuation as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 9 months reserves (held: £102k)

“It is our policy that at least 9 months reserves are held to give our paid employee some job” — 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.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £31,953 — contracts £31,953 (3); 52% of the £61,239 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £28,893 — contracts £24,393 (3), grants £4,500 (2); 30% of the £96,973 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £18,803 — contracts £16,803 (2), grants £2,000 (1); 29% of the £64,002 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Christine Vetch · trustee of 1 other charity
Carol Headley
Claire Cole
Jean Slater
Lyndsey Judith Earl
Philip Grady
Richard Neil Todd

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£61k	£75k
31/12/2024	£97k	£71k
31/12/2023	£64k	£61k
31/12/2022	£85k	£64k
31/12/2021	£60k	£49k

Common questions

Is GRASSINGTON HUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £101,907 at the end of the period, which is above the trustees' stated policy of holding at least nine months of reserves. The trustees declare that the charity is in a stable financial position with no uncertainties regarding its continuation as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRASSINGTON HUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRASSINGTON HUB as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£7k	Sustainable Cities and Communities
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	23/07/2020	£14k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/09/2014	£7k	Grassington Get up and Go
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/10/2012	£8k	"Grassington The Settlement"
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/02/2011	£199k	The Grassington Hub

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MARIE CELESTE SAMARITAN SOCIETY	1	£50k
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE	1	£100
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	1	£100

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGSGROVE COMMUNITY HUB.

KINGSGROVE COMMUNITY HUB income £394k
BOGNOR HOUSING TRUST income £376k
TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k
HAREGATE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £104k
THE GRIFFIN COMMUNITY TRUST income £152k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRASSINGTON HUB	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSGROVE COMMUNITY HUB FY2025	£394k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BOGNOR HOUSING TRUST FY2025	£376k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£31k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HAREGATE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£104k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GRIFFIN COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£152k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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