WARSASH READING ROOM AND VICTORY HALL

Registered charity 1171803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARSASH VICTORY HALL

To provide and maintain a Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of Hook and Warsash without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures and classes, and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE.TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF HOOK AND WARSASH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position remains healthy, with income usually exceeding expenditure each month. The trustees report that the hall is in a very good position to move forward over the coming years, despite spending around £80,000 on building work. They also note that reserve funds are being maintained to cover potential future flooding repairs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Co-op Local Community Fund — “The latest round of funding with the Co-op Local Community Fund has just finished. Local residents have helped raise over £4,400 for the Vi…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DERRICK MCNEILLchair
• DAVID BEVIS
• Deirdre Mills
• MARY ROSEALEEN NADOLSKI
• MICHAEL FORD
• Matthew John Sidney Chase
• Stephen Charles Kirby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Orriss

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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