GAINFORD VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATIONAL CIO

Registered charity 1184308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time in Gainford Village Hall and tennis courts.Arts, culture, heritage and science pursuits, amateur sport and other general charitablepurposes for the inhabitants of Gainford. The village hall facilities will be used by local community groups,such as a local history group, a community choir, parent and toddler groups, & a lunch club

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF GAINFORD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD (AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO) BY HOLDING THE PROPERTY FOR USE AS A VILLAGE HALL.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has completed building fabric improvements, including new doors, windows, and theatre facilities. The Village Hall remains actively used by regular groups and for community events, indicating ongoing operational activity.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William James Oldfieldchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Denis Kennan CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lawrence Roland Chandler
• Paul Martin Place
• Wendy Elizabeth Withers

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LANGTON GREEN VILLAGE HALL.

• THE LANGTON GREEN VILLAGE HALL income £118k
• BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
• STANWAY VILLAGE HALL income £103k
• THE SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD RECREATION FIELD AND VILLAGE HALL CHARITY income £104k
• GREETHAM JUBILEE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £109k
• THE BUCKDEN RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £257k

Side by side with its peers

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