Winchelsea New Hall

Registered charity 235174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VILLAGE HALL, VILLAGE HALL (ICKLESHAWL), WINCHELSEA VILLAGE HALL

Management of the Winchelsea New Hall village hall to provide a facility for the community and local societies

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Latest income

£42k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £8,470.00 at the end of the period, with a net current asset position of £29,482.29. The trustees' policy is to restrict reserves to the level necessary to cover future eventualities and avoid insolvency. The filing indicates a surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: restricted as far as possible to the level necessary to cover future eventualities (held: £8k)

“reserves are to be restricted as far as possible to the level necessary to cover future eventualities, which will allow for medium term planning and avoid the risk of insolvency.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

National Lottery Community Fund — “Our lighting project was made possible thanks to #National Lottery players plus fantastic support from the Bernard Sunley Foundation in July…” (source page)
Bernard Sunley Foundation — “Our lighting project was made possible thanks to #National Lottery players plus fantastic support from the Bernard Sunley Foundation in July…” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Clare Caseychair · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Rosemarie Roberts
Paul Michael Robert Mortimer

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£42k	£40k
30/06/2024	£35k	£38k
30/06/2023	£22k	£22k
30/06/2022	£22k	£24k
30/06/2021	£18k	£16k

Common questions

Is Winchelsea New Hall financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £8,470.00 at the end of the period, with a net current asset position of £29,482.29. The trustees' policy is to restrict reserves to the level necessary to cover future eventualities and avoid insolvency. The filing indicates a surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/01/2025	£4k	Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/06/2018	£5k	Make It Monday