CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 201050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1)The object of the charity is the provision & maintenance of a village hall for use by the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for:a) meetings, lectures & classesb) other forms of recreation & leisure time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.THE HALL REPRESENTS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH WHO DIED IN THE 1914-1918 WAR.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CHURCHILL AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£25k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £26,332.22, which the trustees state are held to cover increases in running costs and ongoing maintenance for the old building. The accounts indicate a healthy financial position with sufficient income to sustain the charity for many years to come, supported by a strategy to reduce running costs through energy efficiency improvements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: We hold reserves to be able to ensure we can cover any increase in running costs without increasing the hire costs and to cover ongoing maintenance and repairs this is an old building and needs constant upkeep. (reserves figure: £26k)

“We hold reserves to be able to ensure we can cover any increase in running costs without increasing the hire costs and to cover ongoing maintenance and repairs this is an old building and needs constant upkeep.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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

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 31/12/2024

Government income: £15,266 — grants £15,266 (1); 96% of the £15,913 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 22/09/2023, 326 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARTIN FLETCHERchair
JACKIE BUSH
KEVIN THIERY TUCKER
Micheal Turner
Omaima Mimi Simpson

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£25k	£35k
31/12/2024	£16k	£38k
31/12/2023	£22k	£20k
31/12/2022	£58k	£63k
31/12/2021	£11k	£10k

Common questions

Is CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £26,332.22, which the trustees state are held to cover increases in running costs and ongoing maintenance for the old building. The accounts indicate a healthy financial position with sufficient income to sustain the charity for many years to come, supported by a strategy to reduce running costs through energy efficiency improvements.

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	08/03/2012	£9k	New Roof for Old

Charities like this

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

CATISFIELD MEMORIAL HALL income £36k
WAR MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL income £34k
VILLAGE HALL income £15k
CRAY VALLEY WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £45k
PAPPLEWICK AND LINBY VILLAGE HALL income £57k
WAR MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL AND INSTITUTE income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL	£25k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CATISFIELD MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£36k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WAR MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£34k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£15k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CRAY VALLEY WAR MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAPPLEWICK AND LINBY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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