VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 523225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BISHOP BURTON VILLAGE HALL

The Charity is to provide and maintain the Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish and its environs without distinction of political, religious or other opinions etc, to advance education and provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreational and leisure-time activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for said inhabitants.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BISHOP BURTON

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

£15k

Latest spending

£11k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of just over £15,000 for the year, primarily due to a £70,082 project cost partially funded by a grant and reserves. Despite this deficit, the unrestricted reserves remain at £51,236.19, which the trustees describe as sufficient to cover future expected costs and contingencies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover future expected one-off costs along with a contingency for unexpected matters (held: £51k)

“The Committee maintains sufficient reserves to cover future expected one-off costs along with a contingency for unexpected matters.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Leonard Byass
MARTIN GRAY
Marc Steven Henderson
Richard Bryn Jones
SUSAN PATRICIA ELLERINGTON

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
15/02/2026	£15k	£11k
15/02/2025	£71k	£86k
15/02/2024	£18k	£11k
15/02/2023	£16k	£9k
15/02/2022	£22k	£8k

Common questions

Is VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of just over £15,000 for the year, primarily due to a £70,082 project cost partially funded by a grant and reserves. Despite this deficit, the unrestricted reserves remain at £51,236.19, which the trustees describe as sufficient to cover future expected costs and contingencies.