THE COMBERTON VILLAGE INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1189495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMBERTON VILLAGE HALL

To manage a village hall for use by the inhabitants of Comberton and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex or race or of political, religious or other opinions and in particular for use for 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.

Objects

TO MANAGE A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF COMBERTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (“AREA OF BENEFIT”) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR 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

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,561 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £31,888. The trustees report that this surplus was in line with expectations and that expenditure was devoted to maintaining hall facilities. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the accounts or compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr BRIAN JOHN MCCABEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Donnelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bella Fuerst
• Eileen Marsh
• John Bland
• Neil Banks
• Stephanie Young
• Vijayalakshmi Churchman · trustee of 1 other charity
• WILLIAM MARTIN LEE

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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Government & lottery funding

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