SHIPHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 270556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHIPHAM COMMUNITY HALL TRUST

Ownership and operation of a Village Hall

Objects

COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF SHIPHAM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF SHIPHAM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £96,043 at the end of the year, with no restricted or endowment funds present. The trustees report that the hall remains well-used and competitively priced, with a modest hire charge increase implemented to manage rising recurring costs. The management committee has ringfenced £20,000 of these cash assets for potential medium-term future asset replacement.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANITA MARY TOWNSEND
• Amanda Jane Firth
• Deborah Andrews
• Gemma Joyce Gaut
• Helen Margaret Ingleby
• IAN GOODIER FIRTH LLB
• JOHN ARTHUR MOORHOUSE
• JULES OFFORD
• Jane Catherine Sanders
• Katharine Leach
• Ken Chalk
• Margaret Elizabeth Howell
• PAUL ANTHONY EDWARDS
• Rachel Gregor
• Ruth Ardron
• Stephen Dodd

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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