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Hillsborough Scout and Community Hall Group

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £45.7K

  • Spending

    £42.9K

Charity no. 106468 Company no. 616558 Date registered. 19/01/2018

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from our purposes are: Purpose (a): activities offer support and promote community development and cohesion with the majority of the participants drawn from the wider Hillsborough area meeting, taking part in activities and building relationships. Purpose (b): activities offer recreation and leisure time

opportunities which directly bring health and social benefits. Purpose (c): activities promote physical well-being and are attended by groups ranging from young children across the age spectrum to people in their seventies and beyond, meeting the needs of those of different ages and those who have ill health. Purpose (d): activities increase education of the participants and promote arts and culture. Purpose (e): activities promote participation in healthy recreation meeting the needs of young and older groups. Purpose (f): to date regular bookings have not been made by any social enterprises but the facility is there for the future. Purpose (g): activities help people to meet, make new connections and support each other, and wider community development. Purpose (h): the inhabitants of Hillsborough have access to a community centre which is open to all, facilitating activities to help enrich their leisure time that otherwise would not be available. These benefits can be evidenced by feedback from the users of the hall. The purpose of Hillsborough Scout & Community Hall Group is beneficial and there is no harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are all the inhabitants of the Hillsborough area and its environs as it is open to all who require it. Some private benefit is obtained by individuals or organisations who hire the hall to run classes. However, the rent is charged on an arms length basis, is ancillary to the main purpose and is greatly outweighed by the gains in public benefit.

What your organisation does

Our organisation provides facilities for recreation and other leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hillsborough area and its outlying environs. The Hillsborough Scout and Community Hall Group is available for hire to a wide range of

community and voluntary groups.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
  • Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • General public
  • Older people
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 January 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 January 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 January 2022

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Charitable purposes

The Charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following: To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Hillsborough and its environs (the "area of benefit") without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, ethnicity, or political, religious or other opinion by associating with the statutory authorities, voluntary and community organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to: (a) promote community development by providing facilities and support for community and voluntary groups and organisations and encouraging and assisting such organisations to cooperate to achieve their aims; (b) provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said residents; (c) relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage; (d) advance education and training and the arts and culture; (e) promote participation in healthy recreation; (f) create training and employment opportunities by fostering and supporting the setting up of social enterprises; (g) promote good community relations and social cohesion, racial harmony and equality and diversity; (h) to manage and develop a Community Centre for activities promoted by the Charity in furtherance of these Objects

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name


  • 8 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

  • Tel: 07940582428

Public address

  • Pete, Hillsborough Scout And Community Ha, 2A Ballynahinch Road, Hillsborough, BT26 6AR

Trustee board

Trustee
Ms Jessica Susan Kidd
Mr Peter Lonton
Mrs Siobhan Gray
Mr Mark Archibald
Mr Ian Gamble
Mrs Georgina Huston
Mrs Vanessa Ribeiro
Mrs Nicholle Dunlop

List of regions

  • Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council
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