Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

HOLMFIRTH CIVIC HALL COMMUNITY TRUST

To establish, secure, preserve & hold on trust Holmfirth Civic Hall as a community asset & to maintain & manage it to benefit residents of Holmfirth & surrounding areas, by working with others to advance education & provide facilities in the interests of social welfare & leisure time recreation to improve conditions of life, & to promote performing & visual arts for public benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£159£219£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£211£207£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£129£98£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£167£124£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£130£145£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£113£66£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • 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
Power to Change£12,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Sir George Martin Trust£3,000
Sport England£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Holmfirth Civic Hall
£3,000 15/03/2024
Core costs for Local Community Centre/Village Hall
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 12/04/2023
The Civic - Foyer, Stairs and Landings
Power to Change - Holmfirth Civic Hall Community Trust
£12,000 01/07/2020
0
Grant to Holmfirth Civic Hall Community Trust
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,000 21/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALEX BRAY (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • ANDREW BRAY Appointed: 2017
  • DAVID MARK ANTROBUS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Heating Engineer
  • JAMES MICHAEL HILTON-JONES Appointed: 2023
  • JULIE BUTTERFIELD Appointed: 2023
  • KATHLEEN WESTGATE Appointed: 2023
  • MELVIN ANDREW WILSON Appointed: 2023
  • STEPHEN FOREMAN RANSBY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2017, number: 1172232
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Civic Hall
Huddersfield Road
HOLMFIRTH
HD9 3AS

Objectives

1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HOLMFIRTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS DEFINED BY CURRENT LEGISLATION BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.(2) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH, SECURE, PRESERVE AND HOLD ON TRUST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOLMFIRTH CIVIC HALL AS A COMMUNITY ASSET AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.(3) TO PROMOTE THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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