JAMES ALFRED AND EMMA CLARA HALL FUND

Registered charity 1144283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JA & EC HALL TRUST

Grants made by the Trust help fund the religious purposes of St. Andrew's Church, Bedford, the provision of its community centre and the advisory service provided to people in financial difficulties, in accordance with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

Objects

A)THE PROVISION OF EXTENSIONS FOR ST. ANDREWS PARISH CHURCH, BEDFORD, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC OF SUCH CHURCHB) THE MAINTENANCE IN GOOD ORDER OF THE GARDEN OF REST ADJOINING THE AFORESAID CHURCHC) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG ELDERLY PRIESTS ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN LIVING IN THE PARISH OF ST. ANDREW BEDFORD AFORESAID OR HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH SUCH CHURCHD)THE GENERAL RELIGIOUS PURPOSES OF THE SAID CHURCH

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £283,311 and endowment funds of £4,767,839, totaling net assets of £5,051,150. The trustees consider reserves adequate to meet needs as the charity can adjust expenditure to match income. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £150,324 for the year due to investment losses.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Hands at Work — “The charities we support are: Hands at Work, our international partner,” (source page)
• Home for Good — “Home for Good , our national charity and” (source page)
• Emmaus Village Carlton — “Emmaus Village Carlton , our local partner.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Lucy Frances Davischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Julia Callen
• IAN MICHAEL RICHES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Colin Ambrose

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST ANDREWS CHURCH HALL TRUST.

• ST ANDREWS CHURCH HALL TRUST income £58k
• THE ALBERT AND ELIZABETH CLARK CHARITABLE TRUST income £51k
• St Etheldreda’s Bedford Trust income £34k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BEDFORD income £433k
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES AND SAINT EDMUND, BURY ST EDMUNDS income £2.7m
• JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £344k

Side by side with its peers

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