GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST

Registered charity 522219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VILLAGE HALL RECREATION GROUND AND YOUTH CENTRE

For the well being of local residents.This includes sporting facilities ie cricket, football, outdoor bowls, tennis and netballThe Memorial Hall supports all activities such as Doctors Surgery, library facilities, Women's Institute, Line Dancing, Coffee club, British Legion meetings, History Society, tea dancing, Astronomical Society, Pilates and other group exercise classes, mother/baby group

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MEMORIAL HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (I) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND (II) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, (B) WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS. (C) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN OAK OR OTHER TABLET IN THE MEMORIAL HALL, RECORDING THE NAMES OF THOSE PERSONS IN PARTICULAR WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR AND SECOND WORLD WAR. (D) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND.(2) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF GOTHAM

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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Latest income

£154k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £185,989 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves increasing to £297,781. The balance sheet shows net current liabilities of £178,770, which are covered by fixed assets and retained reserves. The trustees confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and no matters requiring attention were identified during the independent examination.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

ANDY LITCHFIELD
Cheryl Thorley
Edward Stace
Jane Youatt
Judith Carole Challand
LINDA BRAMLEY
MRS PAT DINES
Martin Frank Raven Mr
Martin Howick
Pamela Ivy Riley
Phillip Arme
Rowena Mary Rhinwedd Barnett
Shelley Frith
Stephen Kent

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£154k	£190k
31/03/2024	£50k	£67k
31/03/2023	£39k	£50k
31/03/2022	£48k	£45k
31/03/2021	£49k	£47k

Common questions

Is GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £185,989 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves increasing to £297,781. The balance sheet shows net current liabilities of £178,770, which are covered by fixed assets and retained reserves. The trustees confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and no matters requiring attention were identified during the independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/08/2018	£10k	Gotham Playground Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/05/2008	£10k	Gotham Memorial Hall Refurbishment Project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£27k

Charities like this

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

BOLDON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £575k
EAST DORSET LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED income £548k
HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k
RYCROFT LEISURE income £340k
HAWKINS COLLIERY RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE CENTRE income £104k
SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOLDON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£575k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST DORSET LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£548k	—	below	—	no doubt
HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB FY2026	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RYCROFT LEISURE FY2025	£340k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAWKINS COLLIERY RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE CENTRE FY2024	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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