FRIENDS OF SILSDEN TOWN HALL

Registered charity 1175255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the health & wellbeing of the residents of Silsden and the surrounding area through the provision of facilities which encourage educational, sporting & social recreational activities in Silsden Town Hall for all age groups.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SILSDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £74,000 in unrestricted reserves at the end of the financial year. This figure is £4,000 below the trustees' stated policy target of holding reserves equal to at least 10% of turnover. The trustees attribute this shortfall to the impact of Covid on operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Tribe
• Caroline Whitaker
• Ian Brown
• Laurence Driver
• Stephen Worsman
• Valerie Ruth Goddard · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HIVE SILSDEN CIO.

• THE HIVE SILSDEN CIO income £235k
• SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL income £163k
• HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST income £106k
• CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN LANDS CHARITY income £427k
• CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (SALFORD) income £1.3m
• SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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