THE HIVE SILSDEN CIO

Registered charity 1182526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SILSDEN YOUTH COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY, THE HIVE, THE HIVE, SILSDEN

The Hive, Silsden CIO provides comfortable, safe, accessible spaces at affordable cost for local people to hold all kinds of events. We are particularly well equipped for youth and children's activities, with an outdoor multi use games area surrounded by a grassy area, and an indoor playroom well equipped for children of pre-school age. Our large activities room has good audio visual equipment.

Objects

(A) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SILSDEN, WEST YORKSHIRE 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.(B) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A FACILITY 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,265 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with unrestricted funds showing a surplus of £17,871. However, the trustees note that free reserves excluding fixed assets were negative £1,228, which is below the level considered appropriate, prompting a plan to build reserves to approximately one month of core operating expenditure over the next 24 months.

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.

• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hive Silsden CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Ann Russell M.A.chair
• Amanda Anne Hurst
• Janet Jones
• Mark Wogden
• Rachel Miller

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Hive PSJ Ltd..

• The Hive PSJ Ltd. income £128k
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• FRIENDS OF SILSDEN TOWN HALL income £234k
• THE BEEHIVE CHILDCARE GROUP income £431k
• SWINDON HUB CIO income £135k
• BEEHIVE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k

Side by side with its peers

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