SIBFORD VILLAGE HALL CIO

Registered charity 1185296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIBFORD VILLAGE HALL

Provides the Sibford villages with a village hall for various activities

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF SIBFORD GOWER AND SIBFORD FERRIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS 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: Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£22k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated fully in accordance with its Constitution during the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's total balance increased from an opening balance of £33,820.28 to a closing total of £37,587.28. The funds were held across liquidity manager investment accounts, current accounts, and cash in hand.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall Bookings (63% of income)

“Hall Bookings 16,482.85” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON RIPPON
Charlotte Louise Davies
Christopher Guy Cullen
David Ian Blackmore Gill · trustee of 1 other charity
Jan Thompson
Joan Frances Broady
Virgina Mary Bennett

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£26k	£22k
31/10/2024	£22k	£21k
31/10/2023	£22k	£21k
31/10/2022	£25k	£24k
31/10/2021	£22k	£17k

Common questions

Is SIBFORD VILLAGE HALL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated fully in accordance with its Constitution during the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's total balance increased from an opening balance of £33,820.28 to a closing total of £37,587.28. The funds were held across liquidity manager investment accounts, current accounts, and cash in hand. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SIBFORD VILLAGE HALL CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SIBFORD VILLAGE HALL CIO as a grant recipient include DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Single payment

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/05/2016	£10k	Sibford Village Hall ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT 2