EIGHT ASH GREEN VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 268477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF EIGHT ASH GREEN IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF EIGHT ASH GREEN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £52,427.79 at the end of the year, which the trustees estimate will cover operating costs for more than 12 months. The charity reported a surplus of £2,837.30 for the year, driven largely by restricted grants totaling £592,684.19 which were fully expended on the new hall construction. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts accord with the records but noted a governance issue regarding missing invoice trails for trustee payments.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~47.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (44% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (25/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• ST NEWLYN EAST VILLAGE HALL income £158k
• ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE income £223k
• CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES income £29k
• SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST income £109k
• NASH VILLAGE HALL income £113k
• THE SCOTTER VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £348k

Side by side with its peers

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