LONGFORD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 274435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Longford Village Hall is used both by the parishioners and by the general public. Groups that use it on a regular basis include Guides and Brownies, social groups and specific activity groups, a calendar is available on our website, www.longfordvillagehall.org.On a regular basis the committee has organised community events including, Quiz nights, craft sales and Car Boot sales.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF LONGFORD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION OR LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LONGFORD

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 · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,659 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total net assets to £27,654. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains designated funds for emergencies, building projects, and maintenance, with unrestricted reserves held in the General Purpose Fund. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Due to circumstances beyond our control, there was no AGM in 2025.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, there was no AGM in 2025.” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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: 13

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

  • Volunteers: 4

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

  • Volunteers: 3

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/05/2024, 91 days after the 31/01/2024 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: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£24k
31/03/2024£25k£14k
31/03/2023£18k£16k
31/03/2022£37k£13k
31/03/2021£23k£10k

Common questions

Is LONGFORD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,659 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total net assets to £27,654. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains designated funds for emergencies, building projects, and maintenance, with unrestricted reserves held in the General Purpose Fund. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2021£2kLongford Village Hall - Coherent and well used.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONGFORD VILLAGE HALL£26k—0unclear—no doubt
LONGWICK VILLAGE HALL FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
LANDFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
FULFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
LONG MELFORD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL FY2026£44k——unclear—no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt

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