BALDOCK TOWN HALL GROUP

Registered charity 1155229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve and maintain The Old Town Hall, Baldock for use as an Arts & Heritage Centre for the cultural and communal benefit of the Town of Baldock and its neighbourhood.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 4.1 TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE OLD TOWN HALL, BALDOCK FOR USE AS AN ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTRE AND IN SUPPORT OF THAT OBJECT, AS A PUBLIC HALL FOR THE CULTURAL AND COMMUNAL BENEFIT OF THE TOWN OF BALDOCK AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 4.2 TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE WIDER PUBLIC INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS, INCLUDING: THEATRE, MUSIC, FINE ART, FILM, PHOTOGRAPHY OR ANY OTHER ARTISTIC ENDEAVOUR THAT MEETS OUR GENERAL PURPOSE, BY MEANS OF PERFORMANCE, DISPLAY, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE. 4.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE HISTORY AND HISTORIC CULTURE OF BALDOCK AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD BY THE PROVISION OF A HERITAGE CENTRE IN THE OLD TOWN HALL AND BY MEANS OF DISPLAYS, OBJECTS, LECTURES OR ANY OTHER MEANS AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net profit of £7,268 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted reserves (Profit and Loss account) increasing to £59,337. The charity holds £84,756 in cash and has no fixed assets or long-term liabilities, indicating a liquid financial position with no stated material uncertainties regarding its continuation.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07649300

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Baldock Arts and Heritage Centre (BAHC) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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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.

• HOGG, Jennifer Carol — director, appointed 20/06/2022not on trustee list
• VALENTINE, Laura — director, appointed 20/06/2022not on trustee list
• GIBNEY, Jean Bernadette — director, appointed 20/06/2022on trustee list
• ELLIS, Edward Peter — director, appointed 03/07/2017on trustee list
• ELLIS, Elizabeth Mary — director, appointed 03/07/2017on trustee list
• GALE, Sally Ann, Dr — director, appointed 03/07/2017on trustee list
• GENTLE, Alison — director, appointed 26/05/2011not on trustee list
• MADDREN, Maureen — director, appointed 26/05/2011on trustee list
• GIBNEY, Jean Bernadette — secretary, appointed 23/09/2019

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON GENTLE MBAchair
• BRENDAN KING
• Dr Sally Gale
• Edward Ellis
• Elizabeth Ellis
• Jean Bernadette Gibney
• MAUREEN MADDREN

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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