MATFIELD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1017899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintain Village Hall for the communal benefit of Matfield residents and surrounding Communities .

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF MATFIELD

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE THE PARISH OF MATFIELD

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity spent more than it received by £3,593 in 2024, resulting in a decrease in fund balance from £83,213 to £79,620. Regular income declined by approximately 10% due to the loss of a regular client, while occasional hire income increased. The trustees indicate that controlling spending in 2025 is essential to recover the current account balance.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony David Richardschair
• Andrew Hawkes
• Anthony Cooper
• CHRISTINE KLEMPAU
• Clare Kember
• Heather Coombes
• Milton Charles Cartwright
• Nigel Cook
• Philip Bilney
• Tina Jayne Middleton

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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