THEALE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 274464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Village Hall

Objects

TO PROVIDE A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THEALE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

Area of benefit: THEALE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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 · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small profit of £7,388.37 for the year ended 31/03/2025, which is retained to maintain and improve the hall. The trustees maintain reserves of approximately £15,000, aiming for a minimum of six months' operating costs to safeguard against unavailability or damage. The charity continues to cover its general running costs and maintenance without material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £15k)

“The Management Committee seek to have a minimum reserve of six months operating costs for the facilities under management.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

David Damon
Dawn Farmer
Gary Nelson
Melissa Burgess
Sharon Cox

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Reading · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£37k	£28k
31/03/2024	£34k	£29k
31/03/2023	£36k	£34k
31/03/2022	£33k	£31k
31/03/2021	£25k	£21k

Common questions

Is THEALE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a small profit of £7,388.37 for the year ended 31/03/2025, which is retained to maintain and improve the hall. The trustees maintain reserves of approximately £15,000, aiming for a minimum of six months' operating costs to safeguard against unavailability or damage. The charity continues to cover its general running costs and maintenance without material uncertainty. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ASDA FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

TITTLESHALL VILLAGE HALL income £47k
SEALE VILLAGE HALL income £29k
MYDDLE VILLAGE HALL income £28k
MURSLEY VILLAGE HALL income £40k
VILLAGE HALL income £57k
SHEERING VILLAGE HALL income £43k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THEALE VILLAGE HALL	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TITTLESHALL VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£47k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SEALE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MYDDLE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MURSLEY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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