EAST BOLDRE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1164549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of village hall for use by inhabitants of and visitors to East Boldre for meetings, exhibitions, lectures and classes, other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, and educational activities (including those supporting and promoting the local heritage such as exhibitions, talks and sale of books on the East Boldre WW1 airfield).

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF AND VISITORS TO EAST BOLDRE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (A) MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, (B) EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING THOSE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE LOCAL HERITAGE OF EAST BOLDRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS), AND(C) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SAID INHABITANTS AND VISITORS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £61,961, with unrestricted reserves of £5,876, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of running costs. Core running costs exceeded letting income by £302, a deficit attributed to anticipation of building works and a high fixed electricity contract that ended in August 2024. The charity is actively funding a redevelopment project with secured grants and donations totaling over £162,500.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East Boldre Village Hall (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• HCC — “East Boldre Parish Council has completed an exciting new project with grant funding from HCC and NFNPA.” (source page)
• NFNPA — “East Boldre Parish Council has completed an exciting new project with grant funding from HCC and NFNPA.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL HUSBANDchair
• GINA ANTCZAK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jervis Edward John Devonshire
• Marc Heighway
• Michael Upton
• Richard John Ashmead
• Timothy Neil Clogg

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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