BARROWDEN VILLAGE HALL CIO

Registered charity 1199981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARROWDEN VILLAGE HALL

Barrowden Village Hall CIO provides a space for recreation and leisure, health and wellbeing, social cohesion and promotes inclusivity of the residents of Barrowden and the surrounding area.

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 BARROWDEN, RUTLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (“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: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£24k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's funds are in good order and it holds £10,000 in reserves for emergencies and ongoing utilities costs. The trustees report that the charity is in good health, although they note a major risk regarding the hub being unused, which has since been mitigated by the rebuilding of the hub.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves are held for emergencies and for ongoing utilites costs. (held: £10k)
“Reserves are held for emergencies and for ongoing utilites costs.”
Per its FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£719k
Total spending
£648k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£24k£44k
31/12/2024£719k£648k
31/12/2023£88k£90k

Common questions

Is BARROWDEN VILLAGE HALL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's funds are in good order and it holds £10,000 in reserves for emergencies and ongoing utilities costs. The trustees report that the charity is in good health, although they note a major risk regarding the hub being unused, which has since been mitigated by the rebuilding of the hub.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2025£20kBarrowden Community Hub
UK government18/09/2024£114kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government13/08/2024£63kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government25/07/2024£64kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government26/06/2024£10kCommunity Ownership Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£250kBarrowden Community Hub
UK government01/04/2023£50kCommunity Ownership Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£37kA Community Hub for Barrowden and the Welland Valley (Development Grant)
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2004£3kkitchen repairs and heating

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
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
Moto Foundation1£331

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARROWDEN VILLAGE HALL CIO£24k—0unclear—no doubt
BARLEY MOW VILLAGE HALL CIO FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BUCKDEN RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025£257k—0unclear—no doubt
STANWAY VILLAGE HALL FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt
BARROW HILL COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£323k—0above—no doubt
THE CHITTLEHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt

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