STRETFORD CHURCH HALL AND INSTITUTE LIMITED

Registered charity 253946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Church Hall for public use

Objects

The objects for which the Company is established is:The advancement of the religion of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Matthews, Stretford.To further or benefit the residents of Stretford and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, disability, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents. In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power: To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.

Area of benefit: THE PARISH OF ST. MATTHEWS STRETFORD

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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Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£93k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a good financial position despite a continuing volatile market. The charity generated a loss of £3,368 for the year, reducing its retained profit from £240,492 to £237,122. Reserves are held to ensure the ongoing viability of the premises and to supplement any rental income shortfall.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: ensure the ongoing viability of the premises and to supplement any rental income shortfall in running costs (reserves figure: £237k)
“Reserves are held to ensure the ongoing viability of the premises and to supplement any rental income shortfall in running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Government income: £47,817 — grants £47,817 (2); 32% of the £150,492 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£93k£106k
31/10/2024£150k£137k
31/10/2023£93k£110k
31/10/2022£107k£95k
31/10/2021£52k£52k

Common questions

Is STRETFORD CHURCH HALL AND INSTITUTE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a good financial position despite a continuing volatile market. The charity generated a loss of £3,368 for the year, reducing its retained profit from £240,492 to £237,122. Reserves are held to ensure the ongoing viability of the premises and to supplement any rental income shortfall. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STRETFORD CHURCH HALL AND INSTITUTE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STRETFORD CHURCH HALL AND INSTITUTE LIMITED as a grant recipient include ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2024£55kBiffa Award Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council15/02/2020£2kInclusive Neighbourhood Grant to Stretford Church Hall and Institute Limited
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2007£3k"Stretford Church Hall And Institute Will Redevelop Existing Garden Area To Encourage More Wildlife Activity Including The Planting Of Wild F"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2007£3kHart Room Nature Area

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RHAYADER MARKET HALL CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STRETFORD CHURCH HALL AND INSTITUTE LIMITED£93k—0above—no doubt
RHAYADER MARKET HALL CHARITY FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
PARISH HALL FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
ST GEORGE'S HALL FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
TINTINHULL COMMUNITY HALL FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WARE DRILL HALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt

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