THE DISS CORN HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1136553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust was formed to provide public benefit by advancing the education of the public in the performing arts, the creative arts and the visual arts and heritage and in furtherance of these objects to provide and manage an arts and heritage centre in Diss.

Objects

To advance the education of the public in the performing arts, the creative arts, the visual arts and the understanding of local heritage and in furtherance of these objects to provide and manage an arts and heritage centre in Diss, Norfolk and to do anything incidental or conducive to achieving those objects.

Area of benefit: DISS, NORFOLK

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 has achieved financial stability following a period of uncertainty, with unrestricted reserves increasing significantly to £98,473. The trustees report a balanced budget and note that the organization is building its financial reserves to cover core running costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a net income of £65,768 for the year, supported by diverse income streams including trading, grants, and donations.

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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Heritage Lottery Fund — “Heritage Lottery Fund Using money raised through the National Lottery, HLF aims to make a lasting difference for heritage, people and commun…” (source page)
• Kingsley Healthcare — “Kingsley Healthcare has been established in the retirement home sector since 1999 and provide first-class care and support to countless resi…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Seager
• Benedict Hakon Geoffrey Falk
• Claire Butler
• James Terry Grint
• Kevan Mark Baker
• Mark Ellery · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Ellis

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARBAR ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE TRUST.

• DARBAR ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE TRUST income £1.3m
• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k
• SHERBORNE HOUSE TRUST 2018 income £5.6m
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST income £1.4m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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