THE SIMMS REEVE INSTITUTE BRANCASTER

Registered charity 1180739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The village hall with licenced bar provides spaces for relaxation, exercise, meetings and amateur sporting activities available to all. Also included on site is a Post Office and Village Store. It also provides direct access to the playing fields and MUGA.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY INHABITANTS OF BRANCASTER, NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES; AND(B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, SPORT OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR USE, 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 CONDITION OF LIFE FOR 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 the charity's unrestricted funds increased to £2,345,678 from £2,100,000 in the previous year, reflecting a surplus of £245,678. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. No material uncertainties were identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by S Bishop. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN DEREK WAREHAMchair
• Carole Lesley Ransom
• Geoffrey Wingrove
• Jonathan Smith
• Kim Tracey Ainsworth
• PATRIC BRIAN STUART

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARLEY MOW VILLAGE HALL CIO.

• BARLEY MOW VILLAGE HALL CIO income £120k
• BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
• SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST income £109k
• DEBENHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD TRUST income £753k
• NASH VILLAGE HALL income £113k
• WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST income £282k

Side by side with its peers

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