BETCHWORTH VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 200983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a village hall.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BETCHWORTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FROMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABIATNTS

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BETCHWORTH.

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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Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,178 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following significant expenditure on hall improvement projects. Despite this deficit, the charity holds net assets of £45,794, which the trustees describe as a reserve to cover foreseeable repairs and cushion against income downturns. The charity does not undertake fundraising activities, relying instead on hire income and occasional donations.

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 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL ROBERT ELLISONchair
• IAN WILSON
• JEAN HURMAN
• LINDA SLATER
• RICHARD SAVILL
• Richard Cobbold · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENCHLEY MEMORIAL HALL.

• BRENCHLEY MEMORIAL HALL income £73k
• WHITTLESFORD MEMORIAL HALL income £49k
• MILTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD VILLAGE HALL income £31k
• MILLAND VALLEY WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £26k
• WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £47k
• ACLAND MEMORIAL HALL income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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