BEDALE HALL CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1171403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a community centre for the people of Bedale and the surrounding area and to maintain the grade1 listed Bedale Hall, including its historic 18th century ballroom.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA DEFINED BY THE BOUNDARY OF BEDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 recorded a trading surplus of £4,000 for the main hall, though this was offset by £12,000 spent on major projects and a £3,500 deficit from the Museum. Per the trustees' report, cash funds stood at £55,000 for the Hall, with additional reserves held by the Museum and Tourist Information Centre, while noting that major repair work is currently on hold pending funding decisions.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Ashley Barninghamchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol-Anne Gill
• David Ingram · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Robert Emison · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr John Edward Critchlow
• Janet Gleeson
• Judith Asquith · trustee of 3 other charities
• KAYLEIGH CATFORD
• Mr Carl Anthony Les · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mr John Noone · trustee of 4 other charities
• Neil Bruce Turfrey
• RICHARD CORNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Kay Chisholm
• Yvonne Ann Rose · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEDALE WELFARE CHARITY.

• BEDALE WELFARE CHARITY income £2k
• SAMLESBURY HALL TRUST income £1.3m
• BEDFORD HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £295k
• BAKEWELL TOWN & COMMUNITY TRUST income £131k
• BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
• THE PIECE HALL TRUST income £5.2m

Side by side with its peers

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