NORTH STIFFORD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 263507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VILLAGE HALL

See area of Operation entryThe Village Hall is used by the local community and members of the local public for Councillors Surgeries, Community events, Club activities and hired out for private parties.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE WELFARE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF NORTH STIFFORD IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF NORTH STIFFORD IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX

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 · Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,282.17 for the year ending 31st December 2025, with total income of £46,787.18 and total expenditure of £42,505.01. The charity holds available reserves of £2,363.74, which the trustees indicate are used to maintain the building and surrounding areas. No specific reserves policy target or independent audit opinion is disclosed in the provided filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The funds/reserves are used to maintain the use of the building and surrounding areas (reserves figure: £2k)

“The funds/reserves are used to maintain the use of the building and surrounding areas” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Government income: £540 — contracts £540 (1); 2% of the £26,279 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £780 — contracts £780 (1); 5% of the £15,241 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

FATHER DAVID ROLLINS · trustee of 3 other charities
VICTORIA HARTSTEAN
William George Mumford

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

Operates in: Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£27k	£27k
31/12/2024	£26k	£26k
31/12/2023	£15k	£8k
31/12/2022	£8k	£8k
31/12/2021	£2k	£5k

Common questions

Is NORTH STIFFORD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,282.17 for the year ending 31st December 2025, with total income of £46,787.18 and total expenditure of £42,505.01. The charity holds available reserves of £2,363.74, which the trustees indicate are used to maintain the building and surrounding areas. No specific reserves policy target or independent audit opinion is disclosed in the provided filing.

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
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

FULFORD VILLAGE HALL income £36k
NORTHIAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £37k
ASTON VILLAGE SOCIETY VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE income £27k
NORTON FITZWARREN VILLAGE HALL income £62k
TRUMPINGTON VILLAGE HALL CHARITY income £52k
BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL income £43k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH STIFFORD VILLAGE HALL	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FULFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHIAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASTON VILLAGE SOCIETY VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTON FITZWARREN VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUMPINGTON VILLAGE HALL CHARITY FY2025	£52k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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