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SOUDLEY RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 269338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CARE, MAINTENANCE OF THE LOCAL VILLAGE HALL TO SERVICE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

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Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust achieved an operating surplus of £43,285, though this reflects the capitalization of a £50,596 heat pump system rather than cash flow. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £22,050 are considered healthy, but the Trust faces significant financial risk due to a leaking roof that it cannot afford to replace without external grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months’ operating costs of the Village Hall, plus necessary maintenance (held: £22k)
“The Trustees have a policy to hold enough funds to meet four months’ operating costs of the Village Hall, plus necessary maintenance.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The major concern is that the existing Hall is deteriorating from a leaking roof. To completely replace the roof is beyond the resources of the Trust and considered not cost effective. Thus the importance of repairing the roof is dependent on obtaining grants and fundraising activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Soudley Recreation Ground and Village Hall Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£81k£88k
31/12/2023£18k£21k
31/12/2022£14k£17k
31/12/2021£14k£14k
31/12/2020£18k£10k

Common questions

Is SOUDLEY RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust achieved an operating surplus of £43,285, though this reflects the capitalization of a £50,596 heat pump system rather than cash flow. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £22,050 are considered healthy, but the Trust faces significant financial risk due to a leaking roof that it cannot afford to replace without external grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.