CLEY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY

Registered charity 1062833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLEY VILLAGE HALL

The operation of a Village Hall and recreation ground (playing fields) for the benefit of local inhabitants and the wider community. Aims and purposes are of educational and recreational nature.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CLEY-NEXT-THE-SEA (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: NORFOLK

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports a surplus of £7,498 for the year ended 28 February 2026, with total income of £26,469 and expenditure of £18,362. The trustees describe the financial situation as solid, noting that unrestricted reserves stand at £54,926.88, which exceeds their stated policy target of £50,000. The accounts were prepared by an independent examiner rather than audited.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hire of rooms & hall (50% of income)

“Hire of rooms & hall 13,142” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £ 50.000 (plus interests) (reserves figure: £55k)

“The last ten years have seen a steady rise in income, which allowed us to establish a financial reserve policy: £ 50.000 (plus interests) are kept in fixed accounts.”

Per its FY2026 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025

Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

William Geechair
Andrew Gonzalez
Ellen Monaghan
Gunhild Espelage
Nick Davidson
Richard Kelham
Victoria Holliday

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2026	£26k	£18k
28/02/2025	£22k	£14k
29/02/2024	£21k	£17k
28/02/2023	£21k	£25k
28/02/2022	£24k	£9k

Common questions

Is CLEY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reports a surplus of £7,498 for the year ended 28 February 2026, with total income of £26,469 and expenditure of £18,362. The trustees describe the financial situation as solid, noting that unrestricted reserves stand at £54,926.88, which exceeds their stated policy target of £50,000. The accounts were prepared by an independent examiner rather than audited. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/08/2013	£10k	Refurbishment/Replacement of Kitchen in Cley Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/08/2009	£7k	Refurbishment of Village Hall

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LETCOMBE REGIS RECREATIONAL GROUND & VILLAGE HALL.

LETCOMBE REGIS RECREATIONAL GROUND & VILLAGE HALL income £46k
OFFWELL RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL CHARITY income £62k
WELNEY PLAYING FIELD income £35k
WIVELSFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY income £94k
PLUMLEY VILLAGE HALL income £27k
CHARFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS income £58k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CLEY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY	£26k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LETCOMBE REGIS RECREATIONAL GROUND & VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£46k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OFFWELL RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL CHARITY FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WELNEY PLAYING FIELD FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIVELSFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY FY2025	£94k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PLUMLEY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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