THE METHUEN HALL (OR TOWN HALL)

Registered charity 222278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOWN HALL

To provide a hall to serve as a Parish Meeting place and for usage by local groups.

Objects

A HALL TO SERVE AS A PARISH MEETING PLACE. USED BY LOCAL GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES E.G. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, CIVIL DEFENCE, RELIGIOUS MEETINGS, GUILDS, CLUBS ETC.

Area of benefit: CORSHAM

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 generated a surplus of £29,223 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing its general fund balance to £54,308. The charity received a grant of £119,200 from Corsham Town Council and had total income of £141,002 against total expenditure of £111,779. The trustees consider that audit requirements do not apply, opting for an independent examination instead.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Corsham Town Council · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, COPTHORNE income £167k
• HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST income £106k
• Henley on Thames Parochial Church Council income £215k

Side by side with its peers

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