Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

OULTON VILLAGE HALL 

Oulton Village Hall exists as an amenity for anybody who wishes to use it. It can be hired for any reasonable purpose and at the moment is used for a variety of regular groups which include, folk dancing, table tennis, water colour painting classes, W I , scouts, parties, weddings and It is run and cared for by a dedicated team of volunteers who all live locally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

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
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 61 years

www.oultonstone.org.uk

spetrulis@btinternet.com

01785286879

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
30/09/23£31£23£9n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/09/22£34£16£18n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/21£27£13£15n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£37£31£6n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/09/19£29£18£12n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/18£51£42£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£25£18£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£23£15£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£20£13£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£19£15£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£17£10£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£18£15£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£19£16£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£20£24£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£14£13£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£13£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£15£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£9£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£9£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire,
Who it helps
  • 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 - Digital Connectivity within rural communities
£9,967 11/02/2020
1
The funding will be used to install a projector at the community centre. The project aims to enhance the facility and the range of activities delivered.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/1963, number: 522771
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 VANITY LANE
OULTON
STONE
ST15 8UG

Objectives

VILLAGE HALL

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARISH OF OULTON AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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