COPYTHORNE PARISH HALL

Registered charity 1206414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain a village hall and surrounding land to provide a venue to be used for educational, recreational and other community facilities for the benefit and social welfare of the people of the parish of Copythorne and surrounding areas by charitable means.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND SURROUNDING LAND TO PROVIDE A VENUE TO BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF COPYTHORNE PARISH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY CHARITABLE MEANS.

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's principal income from hall hire is sufficient to cover expenses and contribute to reserves. Reserves held at the end of the period were £34,974, which exceeds the stated policy target of at least £30,000. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Copythorne Parish Hall (matched by registered charity number).

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 (06/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Donna Hayward
• Elizabeth Hughes
• Graham Chillcott
• Graham Pearson
• MARTIN LANDER
• Natalie Howard Jones
• OWEN MILLS
• Paul Hayward
• Robert Newell
• Sylvia Wiggins

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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