VILLAGE HALL (BLETCHINGLEY)

Registered charity 230603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide premises for community use, primarily in the Parish, but also for people and organisations from a wider geographical area.

Objects

A.TO ADVANCE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BLETCHINGLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS;B.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BLETCHINGLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS PROVIDED THAT THE USE OF SUCH FACILITIES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.C.SUBJECT TO CLAUSE 3 AND 10 OF THE INDENTURE DATED 14 DECEMBER 1911, THE LAND AND BUILDINGS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHURCH ROOM AND NOW KNOWN AS THE BLETCHINGLEY VILLAGE HALL ARE DESIGNATED LAND MUST BE USED FOR THE ABOVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: BLETCHINGLEY

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 reported a net income of £42,613.89 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total reserves standing at £480,257.88. The trustees noted that the charity had a satisfactory year and continued to recover from previous disruptions, with no employees or trustee remuneration incurred.

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Margaret Blackchair
• ANTOUN EDOUARD ELIAS
• CHRISTINE BOLSHAW
• DAVID MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Charles Moore

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

Operates in: Surrey

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