KING EDWARD HALL

Registered charity 249649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

In accordance with the original objectives of the 1911 trust deed, the King Edward Hall (the village hall) provides facilities for a large number of local organisations and societies for meetings, talks, social events and exhibitions, and for private hirers for social occasions. The management committee also organises fund-raising events eg the annual village run & village day & cinema shows. The

Objects

TO BE USED AS A VILLAGE CLUB AND LIBRARY, AS A LECTURE OR CONCERT ROOM, FOR LAWFUL MEETINGS, AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNING BODY.

Area of benefit: LINDFIELD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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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Latest income
£149k
Latest spending
£75k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Hall is in a 'very healthy position' with unrestricted cash balances increasing to £211,852.37 by year-end. The charity generated a net receipt of £15,654.43 for the general purposes fund, indicating that income from trading and hiring activities exceeded direct charitable expenditures.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£149k£75k
31/12/2024£114k£97k
31/12/2023£115k£64k
31/12/2022£72k£59k
31/12/2021£46k£56k

Common questions

Is KING EDWARD HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Hall is in a 'very healthy position' with unrestricted cash balances increasing to £211,852.37 by year-end. The charity generated a net receipt of £15,654.43 for the general purposes fund, indicating that income from trading and hiring activities exceeded direct charitable expenditures. Its FY2024 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 Fund09/10/2025£14kInstallation of Stage Lighting

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KING EDWARD HALL£149k—0unclear—no doubt
YEW TREE HALL FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHITTLEHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EDWARD THOMAS FOAKES MEMORIAL HALL FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt
NASH VILLAGE HALL FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
STIXWOULD VILLAGE HALL FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt

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