CARYFORD COMMUNITY HALL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1192922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Caryford Hall provides affordable facilities in the Castle Cary/Ansford area for meetings, fairs, sports, educational, training and leisure activities and official purposes (community blood donation, polling station, emergency centre). It is also hired for private family functions and parties. A wide range of local organisations and individuals hire space in the premises to run their activity.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a cash surplus of £8,922 from normal operations and holds total cash reserves of £61,756. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves meet the policy target of 60% of forecast expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed no material issues were found in the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Bynoe OBEchair
• David Alan Bright
• Jacqueline Foley
• Judith Anne Cole
• MARILYN ANNE SIMCOX
• Martin James Halford
• Martin Pickard
• Sarah Anne Earle-Marsh
• THOMAS PATRICK BURR MBE

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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