WADHURST INSTITUTE, HALL AND FIELD

Registered charity 1169908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide and run a village hall and recreation field for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Wadhurst or for the public at large for social welfare and improvement of life.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION FIELD TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WADHURST (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £12,011 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing its total net assets to £6,969,917. The trustees confirm that reserves are adequate to meet operational needs and align with their policy of maintaining reserves equivalent to approximately 80% of operating expenditure. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wadhurst Institute, Hall & Field (matched by registered charity number).

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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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/03/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daisy Tibbles
• Linda Carless
• Roger Bishop
• Serena Jane Gadd

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WADDESDON HALL income £216k
• GOUDHURST VILLAGE HALL income £112k
• WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST income £282k
• BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
• THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL income £563k
• THE WHITMINSTER VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD CHARITY income £166k

Side by side with its peers

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