RAMSDEN BELLHOUSE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1025468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Management of village hall

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS LIBRARY LECTURES CLASSES RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF RAMSDEN BELLHOUSE IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THESE PRESENTS.

Area of benefit: RAMSDEN BELLHOUSE AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is looking very positive, with reserves meeting the stated policy target of £18,000. The trustees report that the future of the charity as a going concern is secure with no significant risks identified. All funds are derived from rental fees and charitable events, and the committee is investigating external funding sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £18k)
“The policy for holding reserves is to work towards a reserve which is equivalent to 6 months expenses / outgoings”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ramsden Bellhouse Village Hall (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£40k£36k
30/11/2024£37k£37k
30/11/2023£19k£19k
30/11/2022£29k£34k
30/11/2021£12k£20k

Common questions

Is RAMSDEN BELLHOUSE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is looking very positive, with reserves meeting the stated policy target of £18,000. The trustees report that the future of the charity as a going concern is secure with no significant risks identified. All funds are derived from rental fees and charitable events, and the committee is investigating external funding sources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England15/01/2026£2kHall Wooden Floor Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£10kVILLAGE HALL ESSENTIAL ELECTRICAL WORK
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2018£10kVILLAGE HALL OLD HALL FLOOR RE