HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST

Registered charity 233752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY FOR A GYMNASIUM AND OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS

A WIDE VARIETY OF USES OF THE TRUST FACILITIES BY ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE TRUST IN THE PURSUIT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ITS OBJECTIVES

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£169k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £2.622m in restricted funds, which consist entirely of land and equipment assets, with zero unrestricted reserves. General expenditure exceeds general income, a shortfall covered by contributions from North Hertfordshire District Council, which allows unrestricted funds to be maintained at a zero balance.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£106k	£169k
31/03/2024	£114k	£176k
31/03/2023	£93k	£155k
31/03/2022	£73k	£136k
31/03/2021	£51k	£112k

Common questions

Is HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £2.622m in restricted funds, which consist entirely of land and equipment assets, with zero unrestricted reserves. General expenditure exceeds general income, a shortfall covered by contributions from North Hertfordshire District Council, which allows unrestricted funds to be maintained at a zero balance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£931k
ST MARY'S CHURCH, CHIPPING NORTON, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£596k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£102k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

HINXTON HALL LIMITED income £24.0m
HITCHIN YOUTH TRUST income £265k
HINCHLEY WOOD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FUND income £123k
HUNTINGDON GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £1.0m
THE HINCKLEY CONCORDIA ASSOCIATION income £1.0m
THE BRANCH TRUST, CHIPPING NORTON (CIO) income £985k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HINXTON HALL LIMITED FY2025	£24.0m	—	unclear	—	noted
HITCHIN YOUTH TRUST FY2023	£265k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HINCHLEY WOOD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FUND FY2024	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HUNTINGDON GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	below	—	noted
THE HINCKLEY CONCORDIA ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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