PARKSIDE COMMUNITY HALL

Registered charity 1165460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a Community Hall for the town and surrounding area of Ampthill in Mid Bedfordshire.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF AMPTHILL AND THE VICINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, FUNCTIONS, EVENTS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS, 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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £202,269.64 as of 31 December 2024, derived from a closing bank balance of £213,611.04 less liabilities. The trustees' report notes that the hall's operating profit was barely £4,000 despite increased hiring charges, and that continued reserve building depends on fundraising efforts to cover maintenance costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christoper Hedgeschair
• Ann Russell
• Clive STALLWOOD
• EILEEN SUMMERFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gary Summerfiel
• Ian Hamon Watt
• Ian Titman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeffery Simmons
• Roy Frederick Tebbutt · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

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