PROCEEDS OF SALE OF SKIPTON TEMPERANCE HALL

Registered charity 251537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SKIPTON TEMPERANCE HALL FUND

Skipton Temperance Hall Fund makes donations to local charities involved in a) helping people with alcohol or drug problems, b) organisations which help people in need, c) organisations which encourage a healthy lifestyle and d) organisations involved in youth work.

Objects

(1) TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT(2) TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT

Area of benefit: LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA OF CRAVEN AS ADMINISTERED BY CRAVEN DISTRICT COUNCIL, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £602,727, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining sufficient funds to generate investment income for grants. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no material matters of concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Deirdre Gillian Pollit
• Dorota Urszula Plata · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Thistlethwaite · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Lovitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Andrew Bellfield · trustee of 3 other charities
• Robert David Templar · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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