LITTLE THETFORD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1055086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintain the village hall as a venue for recreational, cultural, educational, sporting and social activities for the residents of Little Thetford

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF LITTLE THETFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OF OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AT LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LITTLE THETFORD

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure significantly exceeded annual income due to the spending of grant funds carried forward from the previous year. The trustees report that the hall maintained its required level of financial reserves throughout the year and that the budget forecasting was accurate to within 2% for operational spend.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £45k)
“The trustees are guided in their financial management of the hall by reference to policies including the Budget and Financial Risk Assessment Policy, Finance Policy, and Reserves Policy.” — page 7
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.

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: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£35k£79k
31/12/2024£82k£61k
31/12/2023£131k£116k
31/12/2022£22k£22k
31/12/2021£31k£25k

Common questions

Is LITTLE THETFORD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure significantly exceeded annual income due to the spending of grant funds carried forward from the previous year. The trustees report that the hall maintained its required level of financial reserves throughout the year and that the budget forecasting was accurate to within 2% for operational spend. 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 Fund31/10/2024£20kRemoval of asbestos and installation of fire alarm system
UK government01/07/2023£19kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2023£10kUpgrade chairs in Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2021£2kLittle Thetford Pop-Up Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£10kLittle Thetford Friendship Club