GOUDHURST VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1193584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides a village hall to enrich life for residents of Goudhurst Parish.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF GOUDHURST PARISH COUNCIL 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.

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 maintains a reserves policy target of £22,000 to cover six months of normal running costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces challenges in securing structural maintenance through regular income, relying on targeted fundraising to cover significant building renovation costs.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Goudhurst Village Hall (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN FOSTERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Peter Smith Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Geoff Mason
• Nick Lucas
• Peter Norman Wane
• Peter Rolington
• Sue Mary Fallon

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WADHURST INSTITUTE, HALL AND FIELD.

• WADHURST INSTITUTE, HALL AND FIELD income £135k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S GOUDHURST income £284k
• CLAYGATE VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £117k
• ELSTON VILLAGE HALL income £119k
• BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
• WEST WITTERING MEMORIAL HALL income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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