BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 1188925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity of Boughton Monchelsea Village Hall & Recreation Ground is run by a Committee which meets bi-monthly at the Village Hall premises. It is the aim of the Charity to further the maintenance and repair of the village hall and its recreation ground to the benefit of the community Boughton Monchelsea.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net surplus of £13,059 for the year ended 31st December 2024, bringing total accumulated funds to £575,761. The trustees report striving to break even and note significant maintenance expenses, including energy systems and roof repairs, which impacted the period's financial position. Reserves are held in specific accounts for working capital and maintenance, with a stated policy target of £10k in the Working Account.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Doug Smithchair
• Sara-Jane Skinner

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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