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AMPLEFORTH VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 504776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The village hall is used on several days of the week. The user groups include toddler group, occasional use by the local school, art classes and fitness classes, historical society, gardening club, church youth group and community library.The hall offers excellent facilities for meetings, lectures, receptions, exhibitions, coffee mornings, theatrical entertainments and dances.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF AMPLEFORTH WITHOUT 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 OF THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF AMPLEFORTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£52k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a paper loss of £20,306 for the year ending 31 March 2025, primarily due to the timing of grant expenditure on building improvements. Excluding these improvement costs, the hall made a small surplus of approximately £1,500. Current unrestricted reserves stand at £23,121, which is above the trustees' stated minimum target of £15,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Hall hire alone does not supply sufficient funds and special fund-raising events such as concerts, fairs and pantomimes which benefit the local community and raise revenue.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £15,000 (held: £23k)
“The Trustees aim to retain a minimum financial reserve of £15,000 to cover any unforeseen 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£31k£52k
31/03/2024£41k£34k
31/03/2023£13k£6k
31/03/2022£24k£11k
31/03/2021£12k£4k

Common questions

Is AMPLEFORTH VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a paper loss of £20,306 for the year ending 31 March 2025, primarily due to the timing of grant expenditure on building improvements. Excluding these improvement costs, the hall made a small surplus of approximately £1,500. Current unrestricted reserves stand at £23,121, which is above the trustees' stated minimum target of £15,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/01/2024£9kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund