THE BOURTONS COMMUNITY HALL

Registered charity 1186010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the charity are to provide and maintain a Community Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Bourtons and surrounding areas.This provision allows for its use for Meetings, Lectures and Classes and other Forms of Recreation and Leisure time recreation.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOURTONS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES; AND (B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 achieved an operating surplus of £18,229 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £14,778. The trustees report that hire income exceeded running costs and the Hall has no debts, indicating a stable financial position. Total net assets stood at £53,578, comprising restricted funds of £13,800 and unrestricted funds of £14,778.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Pepperchair
• Claire Louise Yates
• Dr Elizabeth Anne Carter
• Elizabeth Marion Rowe-Jones
• John Hicks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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