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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE WITHAM HALL LIMITED

THE CHARITY ACTIVITIES PROVIDE THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, TALKS BY LOCAL PEOPLE, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES THROUGH THE ADULT LEARNING SCHEME. BALLET AND DANCE CLASSES ARE HELD FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN AS WELL AS THEATRICAL TRAINING. SPORTS AND KEEP FIT ACTIVITIES FORM AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ACTIVITIES.REVENUE IS EARNED FROM ROOM HIRE AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS.
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£430£454£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£388£395£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£375£333£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£386£301£84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£536£503£33£159£188£1212.9726
31/12/18£520£407£113£128£155£932.880
31/12/17*£383£436£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£280£366£-86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£367£253£114n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14*£164£170£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£277£214£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years
(15 years as a company)

www.thewitham.org.uk

admin@thewitham.org.uk

01833631107

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£50,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
County Durham Community Foundation£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Witham Hall Ltd
£10,000 11/04/2023
The Witham - A Sustainable Future for all
County Durham Community Foundation - Warm Places
£1,000 26/10/2022
To provide a warm space at the hall.
DCMS - The Witham Recovery
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
County Durham Community Foundation - Improving capability
£4,500 07/03/2019
Towards the future sustainability of the organisation.
County Durham Community Foundation - Move
£10,000 08/05/2018
To support the "Move" project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Highlights Contempory Craft Tour at the Witham
£4,880 26/04/2018
To support with the Highlights Contempory Craft Tour at the Witham.
County Durham Community Foundation - Creative Age
£20,000 15/01/2018
To support Creative Age with the development & management of a Steering Group for older people to access arts & culture.
County Durham Community Foundation - The Witham Community Activity Programme
£3,550 14/02/2017
Towards the Witham Community Activity Programme, which aims to provide a number of community activities for local people.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 61-79
  • AMANDA ELIZABETH BROMLEY MRS Appointed: 2024
  • GORDON ALISTAIR DUFFY-MCGHIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • IAN WILSON SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director/Freelance Writer
  • JOSEPHINE MARGARET TURNBULL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • NORMAN PETER HODGES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Builder
  • NICOLA MARY GRACE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unknown
  • SHELAGH AVERY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2012, number: 1146726
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/07/2009, number: 06959661
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR17: 97 days late, AR14: 170 days late,
Main office

The Witham
3 Horsemarket
BARNARD CASTLE
DL12 8LY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO PROMOTE SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE AND THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND,(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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