THE SPILSBY AND DISTRICT PUBLIC HALL

Registered charity 1209036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRANKLIN HALL AND/OR THE FRANKLIN HALL

THE SPILSBY AND DISTRICT PUBLIC HALL - FRANKLIN HALL IS A LARGE COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF SPILSBY AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF SPILSBY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES, SEMINARS 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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Lindsey, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity successfully converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) during the financial year. The Hall Manager reports that while costs for business rates and utilities are rising, the charity secured a £10,000 National Lottery Grant and increased rental charges to maintain financial stability. Major future capital expenditures are planned for window replacement and hall floor upgrades, which the charity intends to fund through grants.

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 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.

• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew James Hill
• Ann Elizabeth Lenton
• JAMES BARNARD BOULTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• JENNIFER LEADBETTER
• MICHAEL LENTON
• Max Harvey Gibson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosalyn Jane Ford
• SUSAN ANN CLARKE

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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