CHURCH KNOWLE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 232813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL & MENTAL RECREATION & SOCIAL MORAL & INTERLLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THOUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, LECTURES, CLASSES, RECREATIONS & ENTERTAINMENTS AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENIFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHURCH KNOWLE AND ITS IMEDIATE VINCINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Objects

FOR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION, SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTS OF CHURCH KNOWLE

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CHURCH KNOWLE

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: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £23,626 against a stated reserves policy target of £15,000, resulting in a surplus above the policy threshold. The charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £1,856 for the year, funded primarily by hall hire and fundraising activities, with no material uncertainties regarding its financial position disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £15,000 (reserves figure: £24k)
“The Trustees have agreed that the Charity should hold £15,000 as reserves in case any major building repairs are required.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £4,380 — grants £4,380 (1); 9% of the £46,700 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2021

  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 82% of the £12,237 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 05/04/2023 (received 24/04/2024, 79 days after the 05/02/2024 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

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£47k£44k
05/04/2024£9k£8k
05/04/2023£4k£5k
05/04/2022£4k£3k
05/04/2021£12k£4k

Common questions

Is CHURCH KNOWLE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £23,626 against a stated reserves policy target of £15,000, resulting in a surplus above the policy threshold. The charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £1,856 for the year, funded primarily by hall hire and fundraising activities, with no material uncertainties regarding its financial position disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2024£20kChurch Knowle Village Hall Kitchen

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHURCH KNOWLE VILLAGE HALL£47k—0unclear—no doubt
FINDON VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025£61k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH HANNINGFIELD VILLAGE HALL CHARITY FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
STINCHCOMBE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
CHURCHSTOKE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
KENNET VALLEY VILLAGE HALL FY2025£36k—0above—no doubt

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