THE BATTERSBY HALL CHARITY

Registered charity 1177023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a. The provision and maintenance of a building for the education and use of the inhabitants of Keswick area without distinction of political, religious or other opinions andb. The provision of meetings, lectures, and classes and for other forms of education, recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants without distinctio

Objects

The objects of the CIO are: a. The provision and maintenance of a building for the education and use of the inhabitants of Keswick area without distinction of political, religious or other opinions andb. The provision of meetings, lectures, and classes and for other forms of education, recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants without distinction of political, religious or other opinions.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted net assets of £827,459, with a policy to maintain reserves in notice accounts to meet foreseeable maintenance requirements. The trustees report that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £2,120 for the year, supported by investment gains, and holds sufficient cash to fund known expenditure for the next six months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £255k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• George Page
• John Robert Hayes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nigel Timothy Hale
• Pauline Brenda Mumford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Charles Henry Hope · trustee of 13 other charities
• Stephen Harwood · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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