CHALFONT ST GILES MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 1163859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of a village hall for the use of inhabitants of the Parish of Chalfont St Giles or within one mile of Memorial Hall without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for:(a) meetings, lectures and classes, and(b) other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, to improve the conditions of life for the inhabitants.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHALFONT ST GILES OR WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE MEMORIAL HALL WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

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

Latest income

£78k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves were £71,186 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover at least a year's running costs. The charity reported a net inflow of £2,442 for the year, driven by increased hall hire bookings and significant grant income, while noting that total expenditure rose by 50% largely due to a one-off audio-visual upgrade. The charity has no paid employees and relies on volunteers, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least a year’s running costs (reserves figure: £71k)

“It is the trustees’ policy to try to maintain at least a year’s running costs in unrestricted cash reserves.” — page 4

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.

Complaints handling
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £5,810 — grants £5,810 (1); 7% of the £78,258 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); 3% of the £45,084 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

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

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 (30/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr ROBERT MURRAY PERKINSchair
ALAN ANTHONY PENSON
ANTHONY JAMES HOARE · trustee of 1 other charity
CHRISTINE ALISON SANTRY
Eleanor Patricia Mary O'Connor
GARY JACKSON
KATHLEEN MARGARET MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity
KENNETH COLIN HUXHAM
STEPHEN CHARLES WHITEHURST
Sumitra Patel · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£78k	£56k
31/12/2024	£45k	£37k
31/12/2023	£42k	£42k
31/12/2022	£32k	£28k
31/12/2021	£46k	£34k

Common questions

Is CHALFONT ST GILES MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves were £71,186 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover at least a year's running costs. The charity reported a net inflow of £2,442 for the year, driven by increased hall hire bookings and significant grant income, while noting that total expenditure rose by 50% largely due to a one-off audio-visual upgrade. The charity has no paid employees and relies on volunteers, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. 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	30/09/2025	£20k	Sustainable energy in our Community
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/05/2014	£10k	Heat loss and carbon reduction project

Charities like this

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

GLENFIELD MEMORIAL HALL income £48k
ASHLEWORTH MEMORIAL HALL income £14k
GERRANS PARISH MEMORIAL HALL income £60k
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £25k
TAFFS WELL VILLAGE HALL income £24k
GREAT LINFORD MEMORIAL HALL income £40k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHALFONT ST GILES MEMORIAL HALL	£78k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GLENFIELD MEMORIAL HALL FY2026	£48k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHLEWORTH MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£14k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GERRANS PARISH MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£60k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£25k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TAFFS WELL VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£24k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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