DARLEY MEMORIAL HALL CIO

Registered charity 1198166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CIO has been formed to take over the work of Darley Memorial Hall (regd charity 503023) with effect from 1st August 2022. The trustees are actively making plans to run the Memorial Hall from that date.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CIVIL PARISH OF DARLEY AND MENWITH IN NORTH YORKSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE 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 the charity reported a net income surplus of £2,894 for the year ended 31 July 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £126,419. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least one year. The reserves policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to carry out objectives and maintain the hall, which the trustees consider to be at an appropriate level.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KEITH HARDCASTLEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bridget Verity · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Joanne Louise Dexter
• Jane Wardman
• Judith Scott Barker
• Kenneth John Swires
• Melvin Dennis Welch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Joy Carter
• PETER DRANSFIELD
• Robert Ferguson

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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