REGENCY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE
The Regency Hall is the hub of the community - a modern Community Centre which replaced the old building in August 2013. We offer a wide - range of classes and activities for residents and visitors of all ages and events and social events to the immediate area and beyond. The Hall is fully DDA compliant and currently have a weekly footfall of over 2000 .
Objects
TO PROVIDE A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF SAUNDERSFOOT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LESIURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTSTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SAUNDERFOOT BY THE PROVISION OF A VOLUNTEER RUN LENDING LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SAUNDERFOOT, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR, BY: (A) PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING (B) ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING LEARNING AS A LEISURE ACTIVITY AND FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT C) PROVISION OF INFORMATION MEDIA SUCH AS THE INTERNET AND AN INFORMATION CENTRE IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A LIBRARY FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £51,843, while the trustees' policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover management and administration and support unforeseen expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £31,641 for the year, driven by increased hall income and investment gains, though it notes ongoing challenges with energy suppliers.
What the accounts disclose
“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the operational free reserves of the charity, at a level that provides sufficient funds to cover management and administration and to support occasional unforeseen items of expenditure.” — page 3
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025
- Volunteers: 25
- Government income: £5,864 — grants £5,864 (2); 4% of the £132,099 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024
- Volunteers: 20
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2023
- Volunteers: 20
- Government income: £1,196 — contracts £1,196 (1); 1% of the £83,785 total gross income on the same return
Property (HM Land Registry)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/03/2017)
- Received assets from another charity (26/08/2015)
Trustees
- Averill Upham
- David Keith Williams
- ELIZABETH MARY HOWELLS
- Janet Milne
- Moira Saunders
- Neville Edmund Gareth Boughton-Thomas
- Paul Hawkin
- SUSAN ANNE BOUGHTON-THOMAS
- TESSA MARY PEARSON
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 28/02/2025 | £132k | £113k |
| 29/02/2024 | £99k | £101k |
| 28/02/2023 | £84k | £99k |
| 28/02/2022 | £62k | £71k |
| 28/02/2021 | £91k | £67k |
Common questions
Is REGENCY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £51,843, while the trustees' policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover management and administration and support unforeseen expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £31,641 for the year, driven by increased hall income and investment gains, though it notes ongoing challenges with energy suppliers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/03/2019 | £4k | Main Hall Acoustic Curtain Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/10/2015 | £4k | The Regency Hall Access Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/07/2013 | £5k | The Regency Hall Community Regeneration Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/01/2012 | £500k | The Regency Hall, Saundersfoot |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT | 1 | £4k |
Charities like this
- REGAL AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
- GLAMIS HALL FOR ALL
- KING GEORGE'S FIELD, RAYDON
- RIVERSIDE CENTRE
- COMMUNITY HALLS IN PARTNERSHIP
- LONGTOWN MEMORIAL HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGENCY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE | £132k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| REGAL AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | £34k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GLAMIS HALL FOR ALL | £593k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KING GEORGE'S FIELD, RAYDON | £22k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| RIVERSIDE CENTRE | £31k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COMMUNITY HALLS IN PARTNERSHIP | £148k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |