BROWN EDGE VILLAGE HALL LIMITED

Registered charity 1169331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide Village Hall for Brown Edge people and people from the surrounding area.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BROWN EDGE, STOKE ON TRENT AND THE SURROUNDING AND WIDER AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £130,574 to £126,766, resulting in a net movement in funds of negative £3,808. The trustees consider the charity financially sound and believe current reserves are sufficient to continue operations. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to hold enough reserves to meet the current budget in order to ensure the ongoing operation of the charities activities (reserves figure: £127k)
“Reserve policy is to hold enough reserves to meet the current budget in order to ensure the ongoing operation of the charities activities.” — 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.

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: 4

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

  • Volunteers: 8

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

  • Volunteers: 6

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 16/12/2024, 46 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 08/11/2022, 8 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£26k£30k
31/12/2024£30k£34k
31/12/2023£31k£33k
31/12/2022£30k£26k
31/12/2021£35k£20k

Common questions

Is BROWN EDGE VILLAGE HALL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £130,574 to £126,766, resulting in a net movement in funds of negative £3,808. The trustees consider the charity financially sound and believe current reserves are sufficient to continue operations. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED1£20k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD VILLAGE HALL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BROWN EDGE VILLAGE HALL LIMITED£26k——unclear—no doubt
MILTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD VILLAGE HALL FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
VILLAGE HALL - EAST BRENT FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
BUSBRIDGE VILLAGE HALL FY2026£34k——below—no doubt
COTTON END VILLAGE HALL FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
GOOSNARGH VILLAGE HALL FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt

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