NORTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1063062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide recreation and leisure activies to the local community

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR 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 OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: NORTON

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

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

Latest income
£110k
Latest spending
£184k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held liquid assets of £18,600 at the end of the period, which are committed to the completion of the building programme and maintenance. The trustees report that the charity does not hold reserves, relying on facility hire and insurance to meet maintenance needs. A major refurbishment programme was completed in October 2024, funded largely by a Public Works Loan.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £19k)
“The Village Hall charity does not hold reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£110k£184k
31/03/2024£70k£25k
31/03/2023£20k£15k
31/03/2022£70k£62k
31/03/2021£33k£33k

Common questions

Is NORTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held liquid assets of £18,600 at the end of the period, which are committed to the completion of the building programme and maintenance. The trustees report that the charity does not hold reserves, relying on facility hire and insurance to meet maintenance needs. A major refurbishment programme was completed in October 2024, funded largely by a Public Works Loan.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2024£70kNorton Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2019£10kNorton Air Source

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Teesside Charity1£9k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTON VILLAGE HALL£110k—0below—no doubt
NASH VILLAGE HALL FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SCOTTER VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£348k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2024£29k—0unclear—no doubt
PONTHIR VILLAGE HALL FY2025£217k—0above—no doubt

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