BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 505943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Village Hall Committee Charity provides a community service by maintaining the village hall for the use of local groups including elderly, youth groups, sports & health groups. Money raising events meet some of the costs of upkeep.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BURTON-IN-LONSDALE 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 FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: BURTON IN LONSDALE

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: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £54,532 for the period, with total resources of £101,521 and total expenditure of £95,106. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £34,768, while restricted funds stood at £1,332. The accounts do not disclose a specific reserves policy target for comparison.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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)

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £15,400 — grants £15,400 (1); 36% of the £43,159 total gross income on the same return
  • 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 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £5,214 — grants £5,214 (2); 14% of the £37,866 total gross income on the same return

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£43k£10k
30/09/2024£47k£102k
30/09/2023£38k£17k
30/09/2022£8k£11k
30/09/2021£20k£3k

Common questions

Is BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £54,532 for the period, with total resources of £101,521 and total expenditure of £95,106. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £34,768, while restricted funds stood at £1,332. The accounts do not disclose a specific reserves policy target for comparison. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/01/2025£19kRefurbishment of the Village Hall
UK government01/01/2024£19kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2023£10kBurton in Lonsdale Village Hall Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2015£4kBurton in Lonsdale Village Hall windows replacements
The National Lottery Community Fund19/06/2009£10kKitchen & Main Hall Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2004£5kThere is no project name available for this record

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL£43k—0unclear—no doubt
BOSHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
LANE END VILLAGE HALL FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
VILLAGE HALL- PLUMPTON FY2025£49k—0above—no doubt
BISHOPSWOOD VILLAGE HALL FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
Broad Hinton Village Hall FY2026£64k—0above—no doubt

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