Registered charity · Penrith
John Castlehow Toppin Memorial Hall
- 7 trustees
- Income £57k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.skeltonvillagehall.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£57k£45k
- 2024£102k£222k
- 2023£146k£94k
Earlier years
- 2022£40k£84k
- 2021£17k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 68%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A HALL OR READING ROOM AND LIBRARY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS IN SKELTON AND DISTRICT
Grants received
3 grants · £88,600 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £50,000
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £33,600
- The Royal Countryside Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Robert Towers Chair since 2015
- Christine Sealby since 2017
- John William Potter since 2021
- Martin Beaty Johnston since 2024
- Robert Alan Provoncha since 2019
- Steven Kevin O'Keeffe since 2024
- William Pearson
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Towers Chair since 2015
- Christine Sealby since 2017
- Robert Alan Provoncha since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Robert Towers Chair since 2015
- John William Potter since 2021
- Martin Beaty Johnston since 2024
- Robert Alan Provoncha since 2019
- Steven Kevin O'Keeffe since 2024
- William Pearson
Portfolio (1)
- Christine Sealby since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 222771
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INDENTURE DATED 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1924
- Contact on the register
- 017684 84245 · bobprovoncha@yahoo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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