Westcott Village Hall Trust

Registered charity 1172629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTCOTT READING ROOM TRUST

The Westcott Reading Room provides facilities for a wide range of leisure and recreational activities and social events which are well promoted and easily accessible to all members of the local community through the ownership, maintenance, development and operation of our building to provide a community space which is available for hire to all.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE WESTCOTT, DORKING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £33,778, up from £27,985 in the prior year, driven by operational income exceeding costs. The trustees maintain that assets are sufficient to meet obligations and that the charity is compliant with charity acts while awaiting planning consent for redevelopment.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Gray
• Andrew Paul Taylor
• Deborah Lewis
• Dr Helen Elizabeth Everett
• James Brodrick
• John Frederick Stubbing
• SALLY HEWETSON
• Sheila Hedges

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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