Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

MOLLINGTON,BACKFORD AND DISTRICT VILLAGE HALL

The Hall provides rooms, equipment, bar/kitchen facilities and space for meetings, parties, theatrical performances and educational activities. It is available to local inhabitants, without any form of discrimination, and also to outside individuals and organisations. The committee sponsors regular community activities. There is associated managed woodland and a substantial parking area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23	£71	£38	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/22	£89	£31	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/09/21	£777	£9	£768	£0	£905	£905	1157.6	1	10
30/09/20	£33	£6	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
30/09/19	£59	£19	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/09/18	£30	£17	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17	£15	£20	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16	£20	£14	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15	£18	£13	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14	£17	£14	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13	£16	£12	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12	£17	£12	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11	£19	£52	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10	£17	£13	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09	£17	£19	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08	£30	£18	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07	£18	£11	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06	£17	£6	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	£18	£25	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04	£86	£75	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.mbdvh.org.uk

deborahjones57@btinternet.com

07977119432

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Sport England	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,550
Co-Operative Group	£2,441

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Five Villages Hall
£1,031	21/10/2023	We would like to provide accessible wooden steps to the soil bank behind the hall. Tables and chairs can be placed there to encourage further re-cultivation and use.
National Lottery Community Fund - Table Tennis Club Start-Up
£4,920	24/02/2023	The funding will be used to run a table tennis club indoors at the village hall. The project aims to encourage people of all ages to join the club and benefit from a healthy and physical activity to ....more The funding will be used to run a table tennis club indoors at the village hall. The project aims to encourage people of all ages to join the club and benefit from a healthy and physical activity to keep active and meet other people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mollington Backford & District Village Hall
£1,410	22/10/2022	We are a group who aims to improve the psychological wellbeing of our community.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Five Villages Hall
£4,630	23/07/2021	The organisation will replace the chairs and tables in their community hall which is no longer fit for purpose with the aim of improving a community facility.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	23/10/2020	Five Villages Meeting Hub
Sport England - New village hall
£20,000	21/11/2019 26	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled New village hall. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
Sport England - New village hall
£75,000	29/01/2019 26	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled New village hall. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-New village hall
£75,000	29/01/2019	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'New village hall'. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'New village hall'. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building. This funding has contributed towards a Village/Community Hall - Village/Community Hall (No Sub-Facility)
National Lottery Community Fund - Five Villages Meeting Hub
£492,327	28/03/2018 24	This funding will see the existing Horsa Hut replaced with a new building which is larger and more accessible. This new community hub will be a friendly and welcoming space where people from the five ....more This funding will see the existing Horsa Hut replaced with a new building which is larger and more accessible. This new community hub will be a friendly and welcoming space where people from the five surrounding villages can meet together and take part in a range of activities. In addition to the regular classes and social events already on offer, new skills and wellbeing sessions will be provided

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

JUDY PATRICIA MORGAN

KAREN VAUGHAN SIBSON

MICHAEL JOHN CHEERS

MR ANDREW HARKNESS

MARK HOCKEDY Appointed: 2018

MICHAEL ANTONY JONES Appointed: 2019

ROSEMARY GRACE SEDGWICK (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1990, number: 702464

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Village Hall
Station Road
Backford
CHESTER
CH1 6NT

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC HALL FOR THE AREA OF BECKFORD, COUGHALL, CHORLTON, LEA- BY-BACKFORD AND MOLLINGTON.

Defined Area of Benefit:

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