WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY

Registered charity 1196471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Managing a village hall for the benefit of the residents of the village and the wider community

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WALTON, WETHERBY (?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.

Causes: Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a healthy cash balance of £15,402, which was £5,000 above its planned free reserves. The trustees report that the charity has an appropriate level of reserves and no uncertainty exists regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a free cash balance of £10,000 (held: £15k)
“The Trustees aspire to maintain a free cash balance of £10,000, which would be sufficient to sustain operations without any further funding for a period of 12 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£53k£43k
31/12/2024£205k£272k
31/12/2023£60k£30k
31/12/2022£31k£42k

Common questions

Is WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a healthy cash balance of £15,402, which was £5,000 above its planned free reserves. The trustees report that the charity has an appropriate level of reserves and no uncertainty exists regarding its going concern status.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/01/2024£29kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2023£10kWalton Village Hall Replacement Heating System

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED1£40k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY£53k—0above—no doubt
ELSTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST FY2025£282k—0unclear—no doubt
BAYLHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
WEM TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LTD FY2025£257k—0unclear—no doubt
POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL FY2025£174k£3,572.000unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.