GRIMSARGH VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1195074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity manages and maintains Grimsargh Village Hall in order to provide facilities for the local community to carry out a diverse range of cultural, educational and recreational activities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GRIMSARGH AND THE 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 BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £86,376, which is below the stated policy target of sufficient reserves to survive for up to one year without income. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £91,238 to £86,376. The trustees note that the charity operates in a competitive market and relies on volunteers to maintain viability.

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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY PHILIP COWELLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• EILEEN MARGERY PARKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• EVELYN MARGARET HEGINBOTHAM
• Richard John Fanshawe Foster
• SIAN LOUISE MIDDLEBROUGH
• Stephen Johns

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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