BRENCHLEY MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 1193552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENCHLEY WAR MEMORIAL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY

The provision of a village hall and recreation ground for the community

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BRENCHLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN BELONGING TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 TO 1918

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 reported a net deficit of £13,780 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total expenditure of £86,454 exceeding income of £72,674. Despite this loss, net financial assets increased to £124,219, and the trustees confirmed the charity maintained a stable financial position supported by lessee income and grants.

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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LYNNE BUTLERchair
• Christine Norah Churchill
• Dr KEVIN JULIAN O'CONNOR
• Dr Malcolm Butler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian James Farr
• John Alan Howard
• Jonathan Edward Grant
• Michael John Hughes
• Paul Jerome Oliver-Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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