STOGURSEY AND DISTRICT VICTORY HALL COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1173753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is responsible for providing and operating a village hall and playing field for the benefit of the people of Stogursey and the local area.

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Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£67k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £68,826.20 at year end, with unrestricted reserves of £56,742.84. However, the trustees report an operating deficit of £1,004.55 and note the ongoing challenge of covering a £7.5K gap between costs and income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: ongoing maintenance of the new building... to cover unforeseen events such as repairs to buildings and replacement of equipment (held: £57k)

“We hold funds in our deposit accounts for ongoing maintenance of the new building which was completed in July 2022. The balance is held to cover unforeseen events such as repairs to buildings and replacement of equipment.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity’s ongoing challenge is to find a consistent way of plugging the approx £7.5K gap between costs to the hall and income.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/10/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Allan Henry Searle · trustee of 3 other charities
Denise Oliver
Heather Ranson
Joanna Grace Cavill
John Nicholson
Lisa Ann Dunwood
Sue Hocking

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£66k	£67k
31/08/2024	£63k	£73k
31/08/2023	£54k	£48k
31/08/2022	£77k	£80k
31/08/2021	£253k	£230k

Common questions

Is STOGURSEY AND DISTRICT VICTORY HALL COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £68,826.20 at year end, with unrestricted reserves of £56,742.84. However, the trustees report an operating deficit of £1,004.55 and note the ongoing challenge of covering a £7.5K gap between costs and income.

Who funds STOGURSEY AND DISTRICT VICTORY HALL COMMITTEE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STOGURSEY AND DISTRICT VICTORY HALL COMMITTEE as a grant recipient include SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Somerset Community Foundation	31/01/2023	£5k	Contribution towards the overheads of a community building, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
Sport England	07/06/2019	£75k	New Community Hall with Changing Rooms
UK government	07/06/2019	£75k	ALB-Sport England-New Community Hall with Changing Rooms