SCARTH MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 1176610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCARTH HALL

The objects shall be the provision and maintenance of a Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of theParish of Staindrop and surrounding area without distinction ofreligious or other opinions, and in particular for meetings, lectures and classes, and for other forms ofrecreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the saidinhabitants.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant operating loss of £28,265 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £6,775 to £1,119. The trustees highlight a critical governance risk regarding trustee succession, warning that the future of the hall is in jeopardy if younger trustees are not recruited to replace aging board members.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Big Lottery — “Built in 1875, thanks to the Big Lottery and other funders, the hall underwent extensive improvements in 2016.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIKE WYLIEchair
• ED CHICKEN
• Ian Royston · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL WYLIE
• SHEILA WYLIE
• Sarah Francesca Fells
• Simon Howard
• Yvonne Frances Macdonald

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).