BENTLEY MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1193804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of recreational and educational activities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Bentley and the neighbourhood through activities undertaken in the local village hall.

Objects

(A)TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BENTLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE LIFE FOR SUCH INHABITANTS; AND(B)TO ESTABLISH THE BENTLEY MEMORIAL HALL AS A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF, SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. THE CIO SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE CIO SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO AFFILIATE TO THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a shortfall of £15,333.38 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to an excess of £5,994.50 in the previous year. Total reserves decreased from £490,268 to £474,934, with the General Fund balance falling slightly from £4,442.40 to £4,359.68. The trustees and independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts prepared in accordance with the Act, with no material uncertainties noted.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bentley Memorial Hall (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELLEN ANNE SAUNDERS
• GLYN BARFOOT
• Jane Sperryn-Jones
• Malcolm Macnaghten
• Michael Hawkes
• Pauline Hawkes

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

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