OVINGDEAN VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 240453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Up keep and maintenance of Ovingdean Village Hall for use of the people living in the area of Benefit.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTAINANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF OVINGDEAN AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT AS DEFINED BY BRIGHTON BOROUGH COUNCIL AS OVINGDEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: OVINGDEAN

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 an overall deficit of £8,853 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in a reduction in reserves to £77,629. However, the trustees note that normal operating activities generated a surplus of £8,272 and describe the reserves as 'very healthy'.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD LINTOTTchair
• DAVID HARRIS
• Dr Teresa Stirling CBE
• Lorna Davies JP
• MARION HIGGINS
• Mandy Saunders
• Martin Victor Ebeling
• Patricia Couchman
• STEPHEN WEDD
• SUZANNE BAIRD

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

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