Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BLUE LIGHTS PARISH HALL 

OPERATION OF VILLAGE HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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 recently but spending has been maintained

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
31/10/23£10£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/22£11£6£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/21£22£10£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/20£13£4£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/19£9£5£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/18*£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/17£7£15£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£16£8£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£8£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£17£16£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/13*£7£4£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/12£50£58£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/11£8£5£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/10£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/09£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/08*£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/07£3£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/06£3£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/10/05£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
23/10/04£2£1£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 62 years

www.appledorebluelights.org.uk

bluelightshall@gmail.com

01237423957

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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 - Blue Lights Hall - Kitchen Refurbishment
£10,000 22/08/2013
12
This is a project by a community group in Bideford, Devon. The group will use the funding to refurbish the village hall kitchen, which is currently in a very poor state, for use by the whole ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/08/1962, number: 300745
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 170 days late, AR13: 20 days late, AR08: 38 days late,
Main office

21 Thornton Close
BIDEFORD
EX39 3ND

Objectives

PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE HALL

Defined Area of Benefit:

URBAN DISTRICT OF NORTHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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