DUFTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 702887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a management committee our function is to maintain and manage the Dufton Village Hall as a resource for the villagers of Dufton and environs. In order to be able to maintain the hall, we also are involved in organising social events with the purpose of raising funds to maintain the hall.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF DUFTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OF OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: DUFTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with total funds of £32,165.92, a decrease from the opening balance of £36,535.38, resulting in a net loss for the year. The Treasurer's report attributes this loss to significant investment in hall facilities, specifically new window blinds and solar panels, while noting the charity remains in an 'excellent position moving forward'.

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 2 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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Gorman Quarmby
• David Carter · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR Simon Higginbothom
• Peter Gerald King
• WENDY MARY SWINBANK

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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• DUMBLETON VILLAGE HALL income £31k
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• HOVETON VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £43k
• BISHOP SUTTON VILLAGE HALL income £34k
• TODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL income £32k

Side by side with its peers

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