PAPPLEWICK AND LINBY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1014361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAPPLEWICK AND LINBY VILLAGE INSTITUTE

The object of the charity is the provision and maintenance of a village hall and / or recreation ground for use by the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures and classes and other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND/OR RECREATION GROUND FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS

Area of benefit: PAPPLEWICK, LINBY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Registered contact address: Gedling, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£57k

Latest spending

£59k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,051 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total unrestricted funds from £441,290 to £439,239. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, stating the charity has sufficient cash flows to meet liabilities for at least one year. Reserves are maintained at a level deemed necessary to meet future cash flow requirements, with no specific monetary target defined in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level it considers necessary to meet future cash flow requirements (reserves figure: £439k)

“It is the charity's and trustees’ policy to maintain reserves at a level it considers necessary to meet future cash flow requirements.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £1,785 — grants £1,785 (1); 4% of the £49,780 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL KANIKOWSKIchair
CLAIRE HARDSTAFF
Carol Yvonne Spencer
Carolyn Lesley Hesketh
Dace Ancane
Ian David Griffiths · trustee of 2 other charities
Janet Caroline Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
KEITH TUNSTALL
Rev Trevor Howard Raaff · trustee of 3 other charities
Ronalds Dimants
Wynford Peter Lewis

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£57k	£59k
31/12/2024	£59k	£59k
31/12/2023	£50k	£50k
31/12/2022	£48k	£45k
31/12/2021	£49k	£36k

Common questions

Is PAPPLEWICK AND LINBY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,051 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total unrestricted funds from £441,290 to £439,239. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, stating the charity has sufficient cash flows to meet liabilities for at least one year. Reserves are maintained at a level deemed necessary to meet future cash flow requirements, with no specific monetary target defined in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/11/2021	£3k	Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VILLAGE HALL.

VILLAGE HALL income £15k
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £25k
HELPERBY VILLAGE HALL income £58k
Pilling Village Hall income £114k
MADLEY PARK HALL TRUST income £43k
THE LLANGYNIDR VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAPPLEWICK AND LINBY VILLAGE HALL	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£15k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£25k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HELPERBY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Pilling Village Hall FY2026	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MADLEY PARK HALL TRUST FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.