THE VILLAGE HALL EAST AND BOTOLPH CLAYDON

Registered charity 267787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VILLAGE HALL BOTOLPH CLAYDON

The management of the Village Hall serving East & Botolph Claydon

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF EAST CLAYDON IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM 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: EAST CLAYDON

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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Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £16,311 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £37,833 and total payments of £22,122. The trustees report that finances are in reasonable shape and note that the organization is managed by a small team of volunteers. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of approximately £34,840 in savings and a current account balance, with no stated reserves policy target.

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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £8,500 — grants £8,500 (1); 22% of the £38,080 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £8,500 — grants £8,500 (1); 29% of the £28,858 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £3,407 — grants £3,407 (1); 12% of the £29,109 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 11/03/2026, 39 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 11/02/2022, 11 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£38k£36k
31/03/2024£29k£19k
31/03/2023£29k£22k
31/03/2022£16k£26k
31/03/2021£31k£16k

Common questions

Is THE VILLAGE HALL EAST AND BOTOLPH CLAYDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £16,311 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £37,833 and total payments of £22,122. The trustees report that finances are in reasonable shape and note that the organization is managed by a small team of volunteers. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of approximately £34,840 in savings and a current account balance, with no stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£122

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE VILLAGE HALL EAST AND BOTOLPH CLAYDON£38k—0unclear—no doubt
EATON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£25k—0unclear—noted
BOOTHSTOWN VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
MOULTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW VILLAGE HALL, EDINGTON FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
HORTON AND CHALBURY VILLAGE HALL FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt

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