LAWTON MEMORIAL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 520034 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCH LAWTON VILLAGE HALL, LAWTON MEMORIAL HALL

The charity exists to provide and maintain Lawton Memorial Hall, a community facility open to all for social, educational and recreational purposes. The Trust gives particular consideration to meeting social need - e.g. for the elderly- within its area of benefit which is largely within SE Cheshire and N. Staffs. The Trust is mainly self-funding.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES FO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING, RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRAY LECTURES, CLASSES, RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHURCH LAWTON AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CHURCH LAWTON

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £54,363 to £106,930, driven by a substantial bequest and positive net income of £52,567. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £106,930 with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. Expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising was fully covered by incoming resources, resulting in a healthy financial position.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Church Lawton Parish Council

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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