VERNON INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1156797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide hall and recreation facilities for the Saughall Community

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF SAUGHALL AND SHOTWICK PARK (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDES 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.

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £8,207 for the period ending April 2025, having spent £88,250 against income of £80,043. The independent examiner noted that the charity is run in a good and professional manner, despite minor concerns regarding cash and cheque reconciliation. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £27,439 and invested capital of £100,158 in Charibonds.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRIS HARMANchair
• Claire Louise Nicholas
• HARRY DOBSON
• Jenny Young
• KAY PARRY
• Paul Storrar

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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