STEVINGTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 1204630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCIAL CENTRE

Establish and run a village hall and to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish of Stevington and the surrounding area without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individual

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF STEVINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (“AREA OF BENEFIT”) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total income of £49,709 and expenditure of £45,723 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The accounts were independently examined by Mr Gareth King, who reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting a minimum bank balance of £1,000 for emergency repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum bank balance of €1,000 is available to deal with emergency repairs (reserves figure: £1k)

“A Finance Policy has been developed and adopted by the executive to operate the finances to ensure a minimum bank balance of €1,000 is available to deal with emergency repairs.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mr Gareth King. 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £9,118 — grants £9,118 (1); 18% of the £49,709 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 60

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephen Colechair
Barbara Collins
Gary Thomas
James Surtees
Linda Penney

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£50k	£46k
31/12/2024	£25k	£25k

Common questions

Is STEVINGTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total income of £49,709 and expenditure of £45,723 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The accounts were independently examined by Mr Gareth King, who reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting a minimum bank balance of £1,000 for emergency repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mr Gareth King.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/07/2025	£16k	Solar Panels and Battery Storage Installation

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
PETER ADAMS TRUST	1	£20k
THE ROYAL COUNTRYSIDE FUND	1	£336

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VILLAGE HALL - STEVENTON.

VILLAGE HALL - STEVENTON income £50k
EVINGTON VILLAGE HALL income £26k
EASTRINGTON VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £53k
STAPLEGROVE VILLAGE HALL income £41k
ETCHINGHILL VILLAGE HALL income £70k
TRUMPINGTON VILLAGE HALL CHARITY income £52k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STEVINGTON VILLAGE HALL	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL - STEVENTON FY2026	£50k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EVINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTRINGTON VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£53k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STAPLEGROVE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ETCHINGHILL VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£70k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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