CHARFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS

Registered charity 1184731 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARFIELD MEMORIAL HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS

The provision and maintenance of a village hall and playing fields for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Charfield and the neighbourhood, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHARFIELD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE 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: THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHARFIELD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of CHARFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD (charity 301482) — merger registered 05/06/2020.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£58k

Latest spending

£64k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £6,554 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £45,238 to £38,684. The trustees report that the charity remains financially stable with high facility usage, though they note that reserves are held in excess of their policy target to fund upcoming upgrade projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months' operating costs (reserves figure: £39k)

“The Charity’s Trustees consider it necessary to maintain free reserves of £10,700, representing around two months’ operating costs” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

Charfield Service Station — “Website funded by Charfield Service Station” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in 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.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kathryn Powechair
Catherine Allison Pakeman
Jeremy Lewis
Russell George
Sally Nicola Wilcox
Stephen Cox
Wendy Glasgow · trustee of 1 other charity
Yvonne Cox

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£58k	£64k
31/03/2024	£61k	£58k
31/03/2023	£74k	£59k
31/03/2022	£187k	£191k
31/03/2021	£36k	£35k

Common questions

Is CHARFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £6,554 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £45,238 to £38,684. The trustees report that the charity remains financially stable with high facility usage, though they note that reserves are held in excess of their policy target to fund upcoming upgrade projects. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NAPHILL VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS.

NAPHILL VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS income £107k
VILLAGE HALL income £15k
FYFIELD VILLAGE HALL income £40k
PUBLIC PLAYING FIELD AND VILLAGE HALL income £53k
RANDWICK VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS income £29k
FAIRFIELD CHURCH HALL income £57k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS	£58k	—	above	—	no doubt
NAPHILL VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS FY2025	£107k	—	below	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£15k	—	above	—	no doubt
FYFIELD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£40k	—	above	—	no doubt
PUBLIC PLAYING FIELD AND VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£53k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RANDWICK VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.