Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BITTERLEY VILLAGE HALL

provides facilities for the use of local population.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
30/09/23£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£14£8£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£25£14£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£16£8£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£8£20£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£17£8£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£16£14£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£8£5£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£8£6£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£4£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£3£5£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09£14£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/08£10£9£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£11£7£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£6£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

https://sites.google.com/site/bitterleyvillag

bitterley.village.hall@gmail.com

01584890641

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bitterley Village Hall Play Area
£10,000 02/07/2018
12
This funding will be used to purchase equipment to refurbish the local play area, aiming to improve local facilities and encourage children and families to play together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement windows
£10,000 19/12/2016
12
This project will replace windows and doors in the village hall, in order to address security and health and safety concerns posed by the current ones. This will improve the environment in the hall ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CARYN HAWES Appointed: 2021
  • DAVID JOHN EVANS (Chair)
  • JUDITH MARY ELLIS Appointed: 2021
  • JANE FRANCES JONES Appointed: 2014
  • LINZI ANN HOBBS Appointed: 2018
  • LYNN OSBORNE Appointed: 2015
  • MRS JOYCE EVANS
  • PAULINE GREEN Appointed: 2022
  • RICHARD OSBORNE Appointed: 2022
  • RUTH BEALE Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/12/1962, number: 522546
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bridge Cottage
Bitterley
Ludlow
SY8 3HJ

Objectives

VILLAGE HALL

Defined Area of Benefit:

BITTERLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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