THE BUCKDEN RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1203696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of recreation grounds and a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Buckden and surrounding area without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants, including use for:i. meetings, lectures and classes, andii. other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF RECREATION GROUNDS AND A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BUCKDEN AND SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS, INCLUDING USE FOR:I. MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, ANDII. OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION.

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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Latest income

£257k

Latest spending

£102k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained solvent for over 30 years with total cash balances of just over £150,000. Operating costs increased due to market factors, with utility and staff costs rising, while income from leases and hires also grew. The trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate to meet day-to-day running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The principal source of funding is rental and hire income which has been spent on improving the sustainability of our facilities and maintaining a high-quality venue for conference hire, special performances and event hire.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months average expenditure and £30,000 (held: £150k)

“The trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves should be equivalent to three months average expenditure and should maintain free reserves of £30,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Matthew Beldamchair
Anthony Cooke
Catherine Beldam
Des Foster
Heather Squire
Marie McIntyre
Mark Freeman
Martin Rose
Matthew Squire
Michael Lander
TREVOR MEWS

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£257k	£102k
31/03/2024	£0	£0

Common questions

Is THE BUCKDEN RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remained solvent for over 30 years with total cash balances of just over £150,000. Operating costs increased due to market factors, with utility and staff costs rising, while income from leases and hires also grew. The trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate to meet day-to-day running costs.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£27k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND.

BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k
STIXWOULD VILLAGE HALL income £199k
LONG SUTTON VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £28k
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS income £136k
CAPEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £166k
CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BUCKDEN RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STIXWOULD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONG SUTTON VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
CAPEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.