CHARTHAM VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1113522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation, maintenance and management of Chartham Village Hall.

Objects

THE PROPERTY AND THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHARTHAM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES OF 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: PARISH OF CHARTHAM

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£45k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £26,052 to £17,691 due to net expenditure of £8,361. The trustees confirm the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and note that income is generated primarily through hall hire.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental and other income from property (100% of income)
“Rental and other income from property 44,821 45,090” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to support Its ongoing activities and to provide a degree of financial stability (held: £18k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level sufficient to support Its ongoing activities and to provide a degree of financial stability.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£45k£53k
31/03/2024£45k£60k
31/03/2023£45k£61k
31/03/2022£42k£33k
31/03/2021£28k£35k

Common questions

Is CHARTHAM VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £26,052 to £17,691 due to net expenditure of £8,361. The trustees confirm the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and note that income is generated primarily through hall hire. 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 Fund14/08/2007£8kCurtains, Blinds and Tracks for Chartham Village Hall

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 CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT FOUNDATION1£25k
CLARK FOUNDATION1£3k
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE1£758

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARTHAM VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE£45k—0unclear—no doubt
SHIPHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025£46k—0above—no doubt
WALTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£5k—0unclear—no doubt
BROCKHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025£97k—0unclear—no doubt
CHEADLE VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2026£56k—0unclear—no doubt
VILLAGE HALL- PLUMPTON FY2025£49k—0above—no doubt

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