KIRKBURTON AND HIGHBURTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 507813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURTON VILLAGE HALL, K AND H C A

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Kirkburton and Highburton and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF KIRKBURTON AND HIGHBURTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHE OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS, (B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: KIRKBURTON AND HIGHBURTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year ended August 2025, with total income of £4,649 and rental income reaching a record £21,700. Free/unrestricted funds stand at £50,292, supported by a healthy overall bank balance of £58,006 which includes ring-fenced funds. The trustees report a stable financial position, noting that prudent accounting and maintained reserves provide a sound footing for the future despite rising utility costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 100% of our year’s expenditure (held: £50k)
“A reserve policy is in place which states that we should keep a minimum of 100% of our year’s expenditure in reserve as a minimum.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£37k£33k
31/08/2024£32k£35k
31/08/2023£24k£29k
31/08/2022£31k£35k
31/08/2021£36k£15k

Common questions

Is KIRKBURTON AND HIGHBURTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year ended August 2025, with total income of £4,649 and rental income reaching a record £21,700. Free/unrestricted funds stand at £50,292, supported by a healthy overall bank balance of £58,006 which includes ring-fenced funds. The trustees report a stable financial position, noting that prudent accounting and maintained reserves provide a sound footing for the future despite rising utility costs.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/06/2006£35k"Burton Dean: Mending Walls and Making History"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2005£4kBurton Village Hall Improvements