Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

BILLINGTON VILLAGE HALL 

Management of Billington Village Hall
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/12/22£13£44£-30n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/21£38£11£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£17£6£11n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/19£15£20£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£15£10£6£0£0£0n/a03
31/12/17£16£9£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£16£13£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£14£10£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£24£22£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£9£11£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£19£8£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£17£16£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£11£5£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£10£13£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£9£4£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£9£6£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 56 years

07835097932

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Central Bedfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Billington Village Hall Community Room
£6,000 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to improve the community room of the village hall. The project aims to make the space more comfortable and accessible for community use.
National Lottery Community Fund - Provision of accessible toilet in village hall
£10,000 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to provide an accessible toilet and baby changing facilities in the village hall for a village in Leighton Buzzard. The project aims to provide suitable accessible toilet ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New Kitchen for Billington Village Hall
£10,000 25/06/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - New Floor for Billington Village Hall
£10,000 25/08/2011
12
This is a project by a charity based in Leighton Buzzard. The group will use funding to lay a new flooring in the main hall at the village hall.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/03/1968, number: 300007
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

MARCH HOUSE
GADDESDEN TURN
GREAT BILLINGTON
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
LU7 9BW

Objectives

VILLAGE HALL

Defined Area of Benefit:

BILLINGTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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