NEWTON FLOTMAN VILLAGE CENTRE AND ALAN KING PLAYING FIELD

Registered charity 1091607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to improve the quality of life for all local people equally, ignoring all political, religious and other differences. To effect this the charity will provide and maintain a village hall and recreation ground for educational and leisure pursuits.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF: (A) A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (1) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND (11) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION; AND (B) A RECREATION GROUND FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF NEWTON FLOTMAN AND SAXLINGHAM THORPE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £30,203 and a surplus of £3,954 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Free reserves held in cash and bank accounts total £35,282, which the trustees note will cover future improvement costs if necessary. The independent examiner has been engaged to check the accounts prior to submission to the Charity Commission.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: To cover 3 months operational costs (reserves figure: £35k)
“Reserves: o To cover unforeseen emergencies o To cover 3 months operational costs o To replace the assets listed in NFVC’s Asset Register”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Newton Flotman Parish Council is a Custodian Trustee of the charity.
“Newton Flotman Parish Council is a Custodian Trustee of the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £3,717 — grants £3,717 (3); 10% of the £38,504 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £1,205 — grants £1,205 (1); 5% of the £26,027 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 11/11/2023, 11 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£30k£26k
31/12/2024£39k£34k
31/12/2023£26k£21k
31/12/2022£18k£13k
31/12/2021£9k£9k

Common questions

Is NEWTON FLOTMAN VILLAGE CENTRE AND ALAN KING PLAYING FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £30,203 and a surplus of £3,954 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Free reserves held in cash and bank accounts total £35,282, which the trustees note will cover future improvement costs if necessary. The independent examiner has been engaged to check the accounts prior to submission to the Charity Commission. 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 Fund22/08/2024£8kNewton Flotman Village Centre & Alan King Playing Field
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2017£5kAudio Visual Equipment Project
Sport England12/11/2013£12kImprovement to drainage of football pitches
Sport England24/10/2012£50kImprovement to drainage of football pitches.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWTON FLOTMAN VILLAGE CENTRE AND ALAN KING PLAYING FIELD£30k——unclear—no doubt
NORTH STAINLEY SPORT AND RECREATION TRUST FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH MUNDHAM PLAYING FIELD FY2025£39k——unclear—no doubt
NORTON FITZWARREN VILLAGE HALL FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH MUSKHAM PLAYING FIELD FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWBALD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt

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