THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1200029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ridgewood Village Hall hosts a diverse range of community groups serving Ridgewood and the surrounding area, run by a committee of volunteers/trustees who run the day to day operations of the hall but also provide community fundraising events throughout the year.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD AND ITS ENVIRONS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGION AND OTHER OPINIONS BY BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A PAVILION ON THE RIDGEWOOD RECREATION GROUND FOR 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £14,597 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by higher income and reduced premises expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £140,632, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £8,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during 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.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Bedwellchair
• Christine Metcalfe
• Donna French
• IAN NOBLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Christopher Ridley
• Ian Smith
• JANET DAVEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Janine Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Vine
• Marion Love
• Rosina Reed
• Sarah Wilkins

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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