POOLBROOK VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 202224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOLEY INSTITUTE, THE FOLEY INSTITUTE

The Trustees let the hall for various usesincluding table tennis, dancing classes, martial arts classes,table top sales etc.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT MALVERN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION,WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS, PROVIDED THAT THE USE IS NOT INIMICAL TO THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: GREAT MALVERN

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Malvern Hills, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£21k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (bank balance) stood at £32,019.72 at the year-end, exceeding total annual expenditure of £21,361.64. The filing notes that an audit corrected prior errors in income and expenditure recording, resulting in figures that agree with the bank reconciliation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. 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.

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); 2% of the £25,838 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 13

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£26k£21k
30/09/2024£22k£21k
30/09/2023£20k£21k
30/09/2022£46k£12k
30/09/2021£24k£12k

Common questions

Is POOLBROOK VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (bank balance) stood at £32,019.72 at the year-end, exceeding total annual expenditure of £21,361.64. The filing notes that an audit corrected prior errors in income and expenditure recording, resulting in figures that agree with the bank reconciliation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2026£20kPoolbrook vh - Kitchen and Lighting
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2020£10kWarmer and welcoming - Poolbrook Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£970Chatty Crafts
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2019£10kWarmer Hall and Better toilets
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2015£10kWarmer hall project.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POOLBROOK VILLAGE HALL£26k—0unclear—no doubt
PINCHBECK VILLAGE HALL FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
LUDDINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£44k—0above—no doubt
BRAISHFIELD VILLAGE HALL FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
ABRIDGE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£76k—0above—no doubt
THEDDLETHORPE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt

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