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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

MERTON HALL RECREATION CENTRE 

To provide facilities for the purpose of recreation, education and other leisure time occupations for the community of Ponteland, but particularly for the elderly and people with disabilities, without distinction of political, religious or other opinions.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23?£9£22£-13n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£10£4£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£14£12£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/18£14£11£4£0£0£0n/a018
31/03/17£14£21£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£15£19£-4£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

mertonhallsec@gmail.com

01661872917

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2021, number: 1196969
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MERTON HALL RECREATION CENTRE on 15/02/2023
Main office

MERTON HALL
MERTON WAY
PONTELAND
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE20 9PX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT(PONTELAND,NORTHUMBERLAND)BUT PARTICULARLY ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL,RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS,BY PROVIDING,MAINTAINING AND MANAGING MERTON HALL RECREATION CENTRE WITH FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS AND OTHER LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR SUCH PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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