POTTEN END VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1171110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To allow the Village Hall premises to be used for the purpose of physical and mental recreation and social and intellectual development for the benefit of the inhabitants of Nettleden with Potten End Parish.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that overall income was £44,192 against total expenditure of £47,376, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, the Trustees report that reserves remain at a healthy level, with unrestricted funds totaling £79,429, which exceeds their stated policy target of six months of annual running expenses. The Trustees are satisfied that the charity's financial position continues to be sound and adequate to meet its objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months annual running expenses (held: £79k)
“The Trustees historically have sought to hold a minimum of 6 months annual running expenses in the General Fund” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£44k£47k
31/12/2023£35k£48k
31/12/2022£65k£45k
31/12/2021£36k£32k
31/12/2020£31k£38k

Common questions

Is POTTEN END VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that overall income was £44,192 against total expenditure of £47,376, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, the Trustees report that reserves remain at a healthy level, with unrestricted funds totaling £79,429, which exceeds their stated policy target of six months of annual running expenses. The Trustees are satisfied that the charity's financial position continues to be sound and adequate to meet its objectives. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/02/2024£3kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£3kCoronation Community Picnic on The Village Green
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2022£7kACE Potten End Jubilee Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kReplacement of Windows