VILLAGE HALL (ALBURY)

Registered charity 238094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALBURY VILLAGE HALL

Albury Village Hall supports the local community by providiing a rental building for the purpose of meetings, clubs, sports activities, pre-school and school activities, music events etc.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSESOF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS LIBRARY LECTURES CLASSES RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ALBURY AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported total income of £28,464 and expenditure of £27,377, resulting in a surplus for the year. Free and unrestricted reserves increased from £13,418 to £14,505, which the trustees state are held to cover maintenance and repairs. The accounts do not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: We hold reserves to cover any maintenance, decorating and repairs that arise. (reserves figure: £15k)

“We hold reserves to cover any maintenance, decorating and repairs that arise.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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 31/03/2026

Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 4% of the £28,464 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Government income: £2,360 — grants £2,360 (1); 8% of the £28,855 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Gary Clayden-Smithchair
Jane Pettitt
Jessica Cooper

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£28k	£27k
31/03/2025	£22k	£21k
31/03/2024	£29k	£36k
31/03/2023	£16k	£20k
31/03/2022	£22k	£17k

Common questions

Is VILLAGE HALL (ALBURY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported total income of £28,464 and expenditure of £27,377, resulting in a surplus for the year. Free and unrestricted reserves increased from £13,418 to £14,505, which the trustees state are held to cover maintenance and repairs. The accounts do not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	1	£30k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

HARBURY VILLAGE HALL income £44k
ALDERBURY VILLAGE HALL income £35k
LANGLEY BURRELL VILLAGE HALL income £28k
ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL income £48k
ALVECHURCH VILLAGE HALL income £45k
PEMBURY VILLAGE HALL income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VILLAGE HALL (ALBURY)	£28k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HARBURY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDERBURY VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£35k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANGLEY BURRELL VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£48k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALVECHURCH VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£45k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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