ELHAM VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1024757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is established to enhance the community life of the inhabitants of the village of Elham by providing communal facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF ELHAM BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE ELHAM AND NEIGBOURING COMMUNITIES

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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Latest income
£51k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £82,404, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of one year of expenditure. The trustees report a comfortable financial position despite a net deficit for the year, noting that reserves are ring-fenced for future maintenance and upgrades.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hire of Village Hall (64% of income)
“Hire of Village Hall 32,753”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least one year of its expenditure (held: £82k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should represent at least one year of its expenditure.” — page 4
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.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£51k£53k
31/08/2024£57k£56k
31/08/2023£55k£45k
31/08/2022£53k£47k
31/08/2021£87k£69k

Common questions

Is ELHAM VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £82,404, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of one year of expenditure. The trustees report a comfortable financial position despite a net deficit for the year, noting that reserves are ring-fenced for future maintenance and upgrades. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2024£4kElham Community Shed
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2022£10kElham Men In Sheds