THE RYLSTONE DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 1169911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CIO is responsible for running, maintaining, improving and developing Cracoe Village Hall, near Skipton in North Yorkshire for the benefit primarily of the inhabitants of Rylstone, Hetton-cum-Bordley, Cracoe, Flasby and Winterburn (all of which are small villages lying to the north of Skipton). The principal object is to improve the conditions of life for the inhabitants and their invitees.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-(1) THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRACOE AND DISTRICT VILLAGE HALL ("THE HALL") AND OF ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS PRIMARILY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RYLSTONE, HETTON-CUM-BORDLEY, CRACOE, FLASBY AND WINTERBURN (ALL OF WHICH ARE SMALL VILLAGES LYING TO THE NORTH OF SKIPTON IN NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND FOR THEIR INVITEES.(2) TO HOLD BY WAY OF LEASE OR OTHERWISE THE LAND ON WHICH THE HALL HAS BEEN BUILT AND ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS UPON TRUST FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AS AFORESAID.(3) TO HOLD THE LAND SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO UPON TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS IN WHATEVER WAY THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CONSIDER MOST APPROPRIATE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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 the charity achieved a small operating surplus of £991.95 for the year, despite significant disruptions including a biomass boiler leak and the cancellation of its major fundraiser. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £111,274.22 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year's anticipated expenditure and unforeseen incidents. The financial position is described as 'extremely good' given the loss of rental income and compensation costs incurred during the year.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN RICHARD CARLISLEchair
• Alan Gene Horn
• Andrew Scargill Armstrong · trustee of 1 other charity
• Georgiana Scully
• JAMES MICHAEL REEDAY
• JOHN CLARKSON WADE
• Jacqueline Anne Baines
• James Daniel Greenwood
• Peter David White
• Richard Edward Webster
• Richard Gordon Jackson
• Robin William Nelson
• Simon Annesley Kay Butcher
• Susan Jane Magoolagan

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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