SPITTAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1145398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIT

Spittal Improvement Trust carry out project works and hold events within our community for the benefit of the whole community. Projects range from preserving existing facilities, restoration of historical buildings and maintaining planted areas. Our events include seasonal fairs, entertainment evenings and festivals.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE SUPPORT OR PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE AREA OF SPITTAL VILLAGE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND (THE AREA OF BENEFIT).

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net current asset position of £52,904 for the year ended 31/03/2025, an increase from £15,988 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity continued its activities, including managing the community centre and maintaining public areas, with no indication of financial distress or going concern issues.

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 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.

• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/02/2024, 12 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

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

• Dr Robert Cameron Smith
• Irene Thomson
• LYNDA YOUNG
• Michael William Greener · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPITALFIELDS HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LIMITED.

• SPITALFIELDS HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LIMITED income £818k
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
• STUART HOUSE TRUST income £36k
• BILTON HALL COMMUNITY TRUST income £288k
• PORTREATH IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE income £65k
• ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

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