DANBURY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1168979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide space and facilities for community recreational, social, cultural, and other events, and for the Parochial purposes of the Church of England.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £259,739.00, which exceeds the stated policy target of one year's operating expenditure plus estimated renewals (£150,000). The charity reported a net receipt surplus for the year, with cash funds rising to £131,853.18 and investment assets at £127,886.05, indicating stable financial health without material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 1.0 years of expenditure in reserve for unforeseen Village Hall expenses plus the estimated expenditure on programmed renewals and improvements (current total £150,000) (held: £260k)

“The policy is to hold at least 1.0 years of expenditure in reserve for unforeseen Village Hall expenses plus the estimated expenditure on programmed renewals and improvements (current total £150,000).” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CATHERINE ALICE ABLOTTchair
CAROLYN ANN CARTER · trustee of 1 other charity
Charlotte Jones
DEBORAH JANE HAY
EAMONN MICHAEL HALL
HELEN ELIZABETH MCIVER
IRIS EVELYN HILL
JULIE ANNE BARKER
MURRAY JEREL NIMAN
Stephanie Gay Smith
Theresa Elizabeth Ann Byles · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£43k	£34k
31/07/2024	£43k	£40k
31/07/2023	£35k	£27k
31/07/2022	£34k	£30k
31/07/2021	£42k	£25k

Common questions

Is DANBURY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £259,739.00, which exceeds the stated policy target of one year's operating expenditure plus estimated renewals (£150,000). The charity reported a net receipt surplus for the year, with cash funds rising to £131,853.18 and investment assets at £127,886.05, indicating stable financial health without material uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DANBURY VILLAGE HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DANBURY VILLAGE HALL as a grant recipient include CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k

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	20/05/2010	£10k	Danbury Village Hall Refurbishment and Energy Efficiency Measures