Registered charity · Barnard Castle
Village Hall (Cotherstone)
- 13 trustees
- Income £19k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jenny WatsonChair
- Alan ThornTrustee
- Alison LambTrustee · since 2013
- Brenda ThwaitesTrustee
- DOT HedleyTrustee
- Dreda Amelia Rider ForsterTrustee
- Elizabeth Jane CowellTrustee · since 2023
- Jean AmbroseTrustee
- Julie GillTrustee
- Peter CollyerTrustee · since 2023
- Pippa LeechTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen LambTrustee
- Teresa WilcoxTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Durham
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19k£17k
- 2024£27k£31k
- 2023£17k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£13k
- 2021£11k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COTHERSTONE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Jenny Watson Chair
- Alan Thorn
- Alison Lamb since 2013
- Brenda Thwaites
- DOT Hedley
- Dreda Amelia Rider Forster
- Elizabeth Jane Cowell since 2023
- Jean Ambrose
- Julie Gill
- Peter Collyer since 2023
- Pippa Leech since 2023
- Stephen Lamb
- Teresa Wilcox
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Lamb since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Jenny Watson Chair
- Alan Thorn
- Alison Lamb since 2013
- Brenda Thwaites
- DOT Hedley
- Dreda Amelia Rider Forster
- Elizabeth Jane Cowell since 2023
- Jean Ambrose
- Julie Gill
- Peter Collyer since 2023
- Pippa Leech since 2023
- Stephen Lamb
- Teresa Wilcox
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.
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
- 523335
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 05/06/1963AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 24/02/1981AS AMENDED ON 04/10/2011
- Contact on the register
- 07732571416 · cotherstonevh@live.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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