Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +3
    • Overall weighted support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    THE JOSEPH HARRIS MEMORIAL HALL

    To provide and maintain (in line with our constitution)the Village Hall for the inhabitants of Greysouthen and its neighbourhood in order to provide social, community and fundraising events and activities that will enhance community cohesion
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • 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

    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
    30/04/24£14£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/23*£10£5£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/22£15£8£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/21£18£7£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/20?£23£12£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/18*£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/17*£2£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/16*£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/15*£2£5£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/14£2£5£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/13£5£18£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/12£15£2£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/11£3£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/10£4£2£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/09£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/08£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/07*£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/06£2£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/05£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/04/04£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 61 years

    greysouthen.online

    howardmcculloch@outlook.com

    01900 825305

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    GiG Classification
    • Village halls & community buildings
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cumbria,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • 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
    Cumbria Community Foundation - Cooker Replacement
    £1,295 29/06/2022
    2
    Cooker Replacement
    Cumbria Community Foundation - Food and essentials
    £1,250 15/04/2020
    Food and essentials
    Cumbria Community Foundation - Kitchen upgrade and replacement of kitchen utensils and additional notice board
    £3,500 20/09/2018
    Kitchen upgrade and replacement of kitchen utensils and additional notice board

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ADRIAN SIMS Appointed: 2018
    • CHRIS SCRUGHAM Appointed: 2021
    • GWYNN LLOYD Appointed: 2018
    • HANNAH GATE Appointed: 2022
    • HOWARD MCCULLOCH Appointed: 2019
    • JANETTE POLLITT Appointed: 2020
    • JENNY MCCULLOCH (Chair) Appointed: 2018
    • ROGER JAMES Appointed: 2018
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/01/1964, number: 520318
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR23: 32 days late, AR18: 74 days late, AR17: 21 days late, AR16: 35 days late, AR15: 24 days late, AR07: 137 days late,
    Main office

    Greysouthen Village Hall
    The Went
    Greysouthen
    COCKERMOUTH
    CA13 0UQ

    Objectives

    VILLAGE HALL

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    GREYSOUTHEN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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