DEBENHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD TRUST

Registered charity 1099705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEBENHAM LEISURE CENTRE

Providing sporting and other leisure activities to the community and the surrounding area.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL RECREATION GROUND AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DEBENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF. (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: DEBENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £69,954 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £319,188. The trustees consider the reserves healthy and intact, noting that unrestricted funds exceed the stated policy target of approximately £89,000. The organization reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: DEBENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED Companies House 02645737 · Financial health read from its filings
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04672490

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WILSON, Peter — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
• HELM, Gina — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• FINNISSY, Anne Beverley — director, appointed 19/11/2024on trustee list
• THURLOW, Susan Dawn — director, appointed 01/06/2024on trustee list
• ROBBINS, Steve — director, appointed 29/03/2023not on trustee list
• SPURLING, Steve — director, appointed 29/03/2023not on trustee list
• MORRIS, Rob — director, appointed 29/07/2022on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Howard — director, appointed 29/07/2022on trustee list
• DIX, Michelle — director, appointed 19/11/2021on trustee list
• JONES, Phillip — director, appointed 04/03/2020on trustee list
• DURIE, George James — director, appointed 17/01/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Spurlingchair
• Anne Beverley Finnissy
• GEORGE JAMES DURIE
• Gina Helm
• Howard Simpson
• MARTIN DURIE
• Michelle Dix
• Peter Morrison Wilson
• Philip Jaynes
• Phillip Jones
• Rob Morris
• Stephen Robbins
• Susan Dawn Thurlow

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD.

• SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD income £289k
• SHIREOAKS MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND income £165k
• DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
• WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST income £282k
• SOUTH MANCHESTER SPORTS CLUB LIMITED income £113k
• CAPEL COMMUNITY TRUST income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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