NORTH STAINLEY SPORT AND RECREATION TRUST

Registered charity 700686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH STAINLEY RECREATIONAL CHARITIES

The object of the charity, is in the interests of social welfare, the provision & maintenance of a village hall & recreation ground for use by the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of political, religious, or other opinions, incl. meetings, lectures & classes, and other forms of recreation & leisure-time occupation, improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUNDS FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR (A) MEETINGS, LECTURES, AND (B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: NORTH STAINLEY WITH SLENINGFORD AND THE SURROUNDING 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £269 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds of £1,443,557. Free reserves were £32,151, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future maintenance costs for the village hall and grounds. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain sufficient reserves to meet the future maintenance costs of the Village Hall, Village Square, Jubilee Garden and Recreation Ground (reserves figure: £32k)
“The policy regarding reserves is to retain sufficient reserves to meet the future maintenance costs of the Village Hall, Village Square, Jubilee Garden and Recreation Ground.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1

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

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£53k£51k
31/03/2024£56k£67k
31/03/2023£44k£93k
31/03/2022£45k£41k
31/03/2021£56k£35k

Common questions

Is NORTH STAINLEY SPORT AND RECREATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £269 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds of £1,443,557. Free reserves were £32,151, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future maintenance costs for the village hall and grounds. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2006£5kNorth Stanley Village Hall

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH CADBURY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH STAINLEY SPORT AND RECREATION TRUST£53k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH CADBURY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2026£47k——unclear—no doubt
CLEY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY FY2026£26k——above—no doubt
READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
NORTHIAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMEN'S SPORT TRUST FY2025£320k——unclear—no doubt

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