SPRINGWELL VILLAGE COMMUNITY VENUE

Registered charity 520900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPRINGWELL VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION

We are a community centre that provides a programme of activities for all ages and abilities.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: SPRINGWELL 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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£277k
Latest spending
£279k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £63,890 as of 31 March 2026, with total net assets of £102,004. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, confirming a going concern basis. The Treasurer's report notes that the charity remains financially stable through careful budgeting, though it acknowledges a challenging funding environment.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 105
  • Government income: £13,448 — grants £13,448 (4); 5% of the £277,463 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 116
  • Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (4); 2% of the £326,542 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 70
  • Government income: £63,000 — grants £63,000 (4); 22% of the £282,373 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£277k£279k
31/03/2025£327k£288k
31/03/2024£282k£296k
31/03/2023£184k£189k
31/03/2022£175k£163k

Common questions

Is SPRINGWELL VILLAGE COMMUNITY VENUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £63,890 as of 31 March 2026, with total net assets of £102,004. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, confirming a going concern basis. The Treasurer's report notes that the charity remains financially stable through careful budgeting, though it acknowledges a challenging funding environment. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPRINGWELL VILLAGE COMMUNITY VENUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPRINGWELL VILLAGE COMMUNITY VENUE as a grant recipient include THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE JOICEY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2026£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East19/03/2026£5kGrant to Springwell Village Community Venue
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2025£20k'Together Time' Social and Bereavement Support Group
Sport England25/02/2025£14kSchool holiday sport activities for disadvantaged youth
UK government25/02/2025£14kSchool holiday sport activities for disadvantaged youth
Community Foundation North East15/08/2024£9kGrant to Springwell Village Community Venue
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2024£20kCrafts; holistic therapies and welfare advice for our community
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/12/2022£10k"Springwell Village 1940s Community Heritage Weekend 2023: increasing learning, participation and engagement"
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2022£10kProviding a youth service for vulnerable young people in our community
Community Foundation North East17/02/2022£9kA grant to Springwell Village Community Venue
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2019£94kSVCV : Develop and deliver
Community Foundation North East19/06/2017£4k'Mic' project (Music in The Community)
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2005£35kResubmission: Coordinator post
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/06/2005£91"The Springwell Village Hall Association Will Use An Award That Will Allow Them To Host A Street Party In Commemoration Of The 60th Anniversa"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2005£2kV.E./ V.J. Celebration Evening

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPRINGWELL COMMUNITY HUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPRINGWELL VILLAGE COMMUNITY VENUE£277k——unclear—no doubt
SPRINGWELL COMMUNITY HUB FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
APPLETON THORN VILLAGE HALL FUND FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CLIFTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
HORDEN CENTENNIAL CENTRE (HCC) FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
BISLEY VILLAGE HALL FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt

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