WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1155239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation of the village hall for use by all members of the community

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTSOF WOODBURY, DEVON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, ANDB) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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 · Animals · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small excess of £138 for the year, with total income of £35,059 and expenditure of £34,920. Per the trustees' report, reserves are limited to sufficient amounts to cover foreseeable contingencies, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £6,164 at the end of the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Lettings (89% of income)

“Letting revenue remained constant at £31 332.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover foreseeable contingencies (held: £6k)

“reserves are limited to sufficient to cover foreseeable contingencies.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Whittonchair
Belinda Jane Price
DAVID JOHN BOWERS
Graham Jackson
Julia Thornton
Karen Susan Weir
Mr ROBIN LENNOX
Mrs Chris Quantick
Robert Patrick Browne · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£35k	£35k
31/12/2024	£38k	£38k
31/12/2023	£32k	£52k
31/12/2022	£28k	£22k
31/12/2021	£34k	£34k

Common questions

Is WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a small excess of £138 for the year, with total income of £35,059 and expenditure of £34,920. Per the trustees' report, reserves are limited to sufficient amounts to cover foreseeable contingencies, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £6,164 at the end of the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2015	£10k	Sound and projection system for the Main Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/01/2014	£10k	Refurbishment of kitchen

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN LANDS CHARITY	1	£6k

Charities like this

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

TWYFORD VILLAGE HALL income £31k
WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY income £53k
ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL income £48k
WOOL VILLAGE HALL income £32k
THE WRAYSBURY VILLAGE HALL income £72k
WOODLEY VILLAGE HALL income £42k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TWYFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY FY2025	£53k	—	above	—	no doubt
ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£48k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOOL VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£32k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE WRAYSBURY VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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