CHIPPING WARDEN, VILLAGE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1019012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rental of village hall

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHIPPING WARDEN

Area of benefit: CHIPPING WARDEN, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's reserves are held to cover unexpected costs, with unrestricted funds totaling £8,361 and restricted funds £10,925 at the period end. The trustees report that the hall's refurbishment has led to increased bookings and income streams, ensuring the facility remains self-supporting. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall Hire (79% of income)

“The principal source of funds if from Hall Hire and events held.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: reserves are held to cover unexpected costs and support activities at the discretion of the Trustees (held: £19k)

“The Trust has now established a financial position which means events are self-supporting and the reserves are held to cover unexpected costs and support activities at the discretion of the Trustees.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Induction and Training. There is currently no policy in place for training and induction.

“Induction and Training. There is currently no policy in place for training and induction. However, it was decided at the last AGM that the generation of such a policy has to be undertaken primarily because of the changes to the village structure.” — page 2

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.

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN BUCKINGHAMchair
Clair Anne Horrocks Mrs
MARGARET GRIGSON
Nicholas Green
Patricia Tomalin

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£50k	£50k
31/03/2024	£9k	£9k
31/03/2023	£6k	£23k
31/03/2022	£22k	£8k
31/03/2021	£11k	£12k

Common questions

Is CHIPPING WARDEN, VILLAGE HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's reserves are held to cover unexpected costs, with unrestricted funds totaling £8,361 and restricted funds £10,925 at the period end. The trustees report that the hall's refurbishment has led to increased bookings and income streams, ensuring the facility remains self-supporting. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE	1	£758

Charities like this

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

WRAY VILLAGE HALL income £48k
SHIPHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £46k
VILLAGE HALL income £38k
BRAMFIELD VILLAGE HALL income £33k
HARTINGTON VILLAGE HALL income £35k
COBHAM VILLAGE HALL income £136k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHIPPING WARDEN, VILLAGE HALL TRUST	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WRAY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£48k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHIPHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025	£46k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£38k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMFIELD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARTINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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