BLANCHLAND VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1184203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Blanchland Village Hall is run for the benefit of community and inhabitants of the surrounding area. The hall is available for private hire by anyone, with kitchen and bar facilities available. Toddler groups, over 60s lunches, sports activities for all ages are held regularly, as are coffee mornings. charity cake stalls, entertainment and supper evenings. Wifi available

Objects

TO RUN BLANCHLAND VILLAGE HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BLANCHLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the period was £47,785.20 against total outgoings of £24,554.88, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £33,328.37, comprising a bank balance of £29,246.64 and cash in hand of £4,081.73. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 3 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLYN ASQUITH
• Daniel Herdman
• Joy Clegg
• Kayleigh Anne Herdman
• Keda Norman · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lesley Ogle
• Nicola Jayne Shipley
• Raymond Harrison
• Susan Harrison

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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