MARTLESHAM COMMUNITY HALL

Registered charity 1009602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide accommodation and facilities for hire, for Clubs, Community Classes, Amateur Rehearsals with the use of a stage, Weddings and other significant life events, Parties and Other local activities, all for the benefit of the local community.

Objects

A COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF MARTLESHAM IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: MARTLESHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a small deficit of £53.36 for the year, largely offset by transfers from savings and quiz profits. The trustees note that occupancy levels are below pre-pandemic figures and anticipate potential rate increases, suggesting a need to drive up booking levels to maintain financial stability. Free reserves stood at approximately £19,326 at the end of the period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN MALCOLM READchair
• BARBARA MARY GIBBS
• CLIVE MARTIN BARKER
• JANCIS MAUREEN BURROWS · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE ELIZABETH BARKER
• MARTYN LLOYD COOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARTYN PETER SHAKESPEARE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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