Riding Mill Village Halls

Registered charity 501316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIDING MILL VILLAGE HALL, RIDING MILL VILLAGE HALL TRUST

The provision and maintenance of two village halls for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Broomhaugh and Riding Mill and visitors to the village (without distinction of political, religious or other opinions) for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving their quality of life.

Objects

1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BROOMHAUGH AND RIDING WITHOUT THE DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF ABOVE SCHEME)

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BROOMHAUGH AND RIDING

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: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£45k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £75,000 in general reserves and aims to fund running costs through hall hire, flat rent, and fundraising. The trustees report that these income sources continue to make achieving this aim achievable, although they note significant legal costs associated with terminating a tenancy and anticipate future refurbishment costs for the aging Parish Hall.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall hire and rent

“The principal source of funds is the revenue from hall charges.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: General reserves are held in a separate interest-bearing account in the bank. (reserves figure: £75k)

“General reserves are held in a separate interest-bearing account in the bank.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant received from Community Action Northumberland (CAN) towards heating costs.

“We have not applied for grants this year but we have benefited from a Community Action Northumberland (CAN) grant towards heating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Significant board instability: loss of Chair, 2-month period with only 3 trustees, recruitment campaign launched.

“There were significant Board changes in 2024/25 with 2 resignations including the loss of the Chair who made a valuable contribution to governance. There was a 2-month period when the remaining three Trustees were thinly spread.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £150 — grants £150 (1); under 1% of the £49,188 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 45
Government income: £3,722 — grants £3,722 (3); 7% of the £54,277 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER HIGGINS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Kathleen Fadden · trustee of 3 other charities
JUDITH ANNE WILTHEW
JUNE ALYSON NEWTON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£49k	£45k
31/08/2024	£55k	£50k
31/08/2023	£54k	£40k
31/08/2022	£51k	£38k
31/08/2021	£44k	£25k

Common questions

Is Riding Mill Village Halls financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £75,000 in general reserves and aims to fund running costs through hall hire, flat rent, and fundraising. The trustees report that these income sources continue to make achieving this aim achievable, although they note significant legal costs associated with terminating a tenancy and anticipate future refurbishment costs for the aging Parish Hall.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/11/2021	£6k	AUDIO - VISUAL UPGRADE
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/01/2017	£3k	Replacement of chairs in Parish Hall
Community Foundation North East	14/07/2016	£3k	Towards Improvements to parish halls

Charities like this

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

VILLAGE HALL income £102k
TRIMINGHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £31k
RODMERSHAM VILLAGE HALL income £50k
NEWBIGGIN VILLAGE HALL income £34k
WALDRINGFIELD VILLAGE HALL income £56k
MESSINGHAM VILLAGE HALL income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Riding Mill Village Halls	£49k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£102k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRIMINGHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RODMERSHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£50k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWBIGGIN VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£34k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WALDRINGFIELD VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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