Registered charity · Bishop Auckland
Town Hall Charity
Town Hall Charity is a registered charity (number 520590) based in Bishop Auckland, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by IAN Robson Scholes since 1994. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
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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, Education/training, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Durham
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024£12k£17k
- 2023£13k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£27k
- 2021£56k£53k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND.
Grants received
4 grants · £65,811 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £50,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,811 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- IAN Robson Scholes Chair since 1994
- Brian Peart since 2022
- Joan Carrick since 2004
- Mervyn John Stapleton since 2022
- Wendy Elizabeth Peart since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- IAN Robson Scholes Chair since 1994
- Joan Carrick since 2004
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- IAN Robson Scholes Chair since 1994
- Brian Peart since 2022
- Mervyn John Stapleton since 2022
- Wendy Elizabeth Peart since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Joan Carrick since 2004
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 520590
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 6TH FEBRUARY 1954 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11TH SEPTEMBER 2003
- Contact on the register
- 01388529389 · joancarrick1@hotmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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