THE SMORTHWAITE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST WITTON WENSLEYDALE YORKSHIRE

Registered charity 247681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as "THE SMORTHWAITE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST WITTON WENSLEYDALE YORKSHIRE"

To manage the assets and investments of the charity to obtain the best returns for the benefit of the inhabitants of West Witton to pay out annualy on St Bartholomew's Day, to the qualifying residents, an equally divided share of the disposable income as set out in the governing document of the trust.

Objects

1. THE FIRST ú4 OF YEARLY INCOME TO BE APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST WITTON ON ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY EACH YEAR. 2. THE RESIDUE OF THE YEARLY INCOME TO BE DIVIDED IN EQUAL SHARES AMONGST THE AGED INHABITANTS OF WEST WITTON. (FOR DETAILS SEE PARA 2 OF DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 29TH AUGUST, 1958)

Area of benefit: WEST WITTON.

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 total funds remained stable at £140,871.62 at the end of the financial year, matching the opening balance. The charity reported a profit for the year of £19,111.93, derived from rental and investment income exceeding general expenditure. No specific reserves policy or future funding dependencies are disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Donovan-Brownchair
• Chris Lambert
• David Brown

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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