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STOURTON MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 265188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE PROVIDE THE FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BOTH LOCALLY AND OTHERWISE TO CARRY OUT A RANGE OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT VARIOUS EVENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUND-RAISING, EDUCATION AND BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. Stourton Memorial Hall was built by the late Sir Henry Arthur Hoare as a permanent memorial to his son Captain "Harry" Hoare and other local men killed in WWI.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF STOURTON IN THE COUNTRY OF WILTSHIRE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION 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: STOURTON

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£27k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an overall surplus of £229 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £26,827 against total expenditure of £24,155. Free reserves were assessed at £27,552, which the trustees report are in line with their policy of maintaining one year's running costs plus a £5,000 contingency.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Weddings (36% of income)
“A major component of the income comes from Wedding bookings (£9,750)” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year’s running costs, forecast for 2026 at £22,000, plus a contingency of £5,000 for other replacement and capital costs (reserves figure: £28k)
“The reserve policy is to keep in hand one year’s running costs, forecast for 2026 at £22,000, plus a contingency of £5,000 for other replacement and capital costs” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

  • Government income: £300 — contracts £300 (1); 1% of the £26,827 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Government income: £300 — contracts £300 (1); 1% of the £28,042 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Government income: £150 — contracts £150 (1); under 1% of the £27,054 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£27k£27k
31/12/2024£28k£23k
31/12/2023£27k£20k
31/12/2022£18k£21k
31/12/2021£30k£14k

Common questions

Is STOURTON MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an overall surplus of £229 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £26,827 against total expenditure of £24,155. Free reserves were assessed at £27,552, which the trustees report are in line with their policy of maintaining one year's running costs plus a £5,000 contingency. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.