WATCHFIELD VILLAGE HALL CIO

Registered charity 1173096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATCHFIELD VILLAGE HALL

The objects of the CIO are to establish and run a village hall for the benefit of the inhabitants of Watchfield without distinction of sex, age, disability, nationality, race or religion facilities for recreation with the object of improving the conditions of the said inhabitants. The elderly, children, disabled, clubs and organisations. To provide a meeting place within the village.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WATCHFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE ("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 generated a surplus of £22,583 for the year ended 31st October 2025, increasing its accumulated fund to £57,248. The trustees report that the hall remains busy with weekly hires and additional revenue from contracts with companies providing services to Afghan refugees. The filing notes that an outside auditor has been engaged due to extra income, and the trustees remain optimistic about the hall's future.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 (14/12/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RUTH EDITH HOLMANchair
• Ann Selwood
• Julie Gillhespey
• Kyriacou Jackson
• Peter Wills
• Sarah Hayward

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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