THE LITTLE ASTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1091921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LITTLE ASTON CENTRE

This Charity manages the Little Aston Village Hall providing educational, social and leisure facilities for the residents of Little Aston and the surrounding areas.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE MEETINGS, LECTURES, AND CLASSES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS..

Area of benefit: ELECTORAL AND PAROCHIAL PARISH OF LITTLE ASTON AND THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £143,041.99, resulting in total funds falling to a negative £35,903.83. Despite this, the trustees report that the Hall remains in a sound physical and financial position due to committee efforts and secured funding for a major project. The reserves policy targets approximately £10,000, but the actual unrestricted reserves are negative.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Richard George Paxtonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ELISABETH PAXTON
• Gavin Alexander Ross Clement
• Jane Griffiths
• Jennifer Cassell
• Leighsa Marie Wrack
• MARGARET IRENE PYE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Narinder Rajput
• Neil Rankine
• Peter Jackson
• Peter Stanley Sutton
• Roger Willis Walker
• Sara Bradbury
• Simon Nicholas Fisher
• Stuart Harrison

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Staffordshire · Walsall · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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