Registered charity · Bideford
Blue Lights Parish Hall
- 10 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Barry Mortimer EdwardsChair · since 2011
- Ann ScamblerTrustee · since 2019
- Gillian NewboldTrustee · since 2022
- Michael DeatonTrustee · since 2026
- Richard BackTrustee · since 2011
- Robert Alan GibbsTrustee · since 2026
- Stephen John Douglas TaylorTrustee · since 2020
- Susan Ann GibbsTrustee · since 2022
- Wendy ButcherTrustee · since 2019
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Northam Town Council.
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, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- www.appledorebluelights.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£10k
- 2024£11k£12k
- 2023£10k£11k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£6k
- 2021£22k£10k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE HALL
Grants received
3 grants · £28,492 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 · £28,492 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Barry Mortimer Edwards Chair since 2011
- Ann Scambler since 2019
- Gillian Newbold since 2022
- Michael Deaton since 2026
- Northam Town Council
- Richard Back since 2011
- Robert Alan Gibbs since 2026
- Stephen John Douglas Taylor since 2020
- Susan Ann Gibbs since 2022
- Wendy Butcher since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Barry Mortimer Edwards Chair since 2011
- Ann Scambler since 2019
- Richard Back since 2011
- Wendy Butcher since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Ann Scambler since 2019
- Gillian Newbold since 2022
- Michael Deaton since 2026
- Richard Back since 2011
- Robert Alan Gibbs since 2026
- Susan Ann Gibbs since 2022
- Wendy Butcher since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Barry Mortimer Edwards Chair since 2011
- Stephen John Douglas Taylor since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 300745
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 28TH JANUARY 2003 as amended on 07 Oct 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01237423957 · bluelightshall@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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