THE MERCERS HALL GLOUCESTER

Registered charity 1201163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Mercers Hall Gloucester is an Historic building whose roof timber are Grade 2 listed having been relocated from a building in Westgate during the street widening. The building is being well maintained and is available for public viewing on agreed dates and by appointment

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE (FROM TIME TO TIME) LAWFULLY CHARITABLE IN NATURE INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING FORMERLY KNOWN AND USED AS THE MERCERS HALL ON THE CORNER OF CROSS KEYS LANE AND MERCERS' ALLEY, GLOUCESTER, A LISTED BUILDING.

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 income surplus of £317,035 for the year ended 30 June 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £408,394. The trustees confirm that reserves policy targets are maintained, with readily available funds increasing to £34,452. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, indicating stable financial health.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher John Hillchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Duncan James Lord
• Graham George Howell · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jason Marfell

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCERS' COMPANY HOUSING ASSOCIATION.

• MERCERS' COMPANY HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £861k
• GLOUCESTER UNITED SCHOOLS income £290k
• THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £6.6m
• THE GREIG HALL income £151k
• THE FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CIO income £124k
• MERLIN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £270k

Side by side with its peers

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