CHINEHAM VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY

Registered charity 277855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Trustees of Chineham Village Hall Management Committee

to provide and maintain the property for the use of the people of the Parish of Chineham

Objects

A PLACE OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL RECREATION AND MORAL OR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT (INCLUDING THE ERECTION OF A PARISH HALL) FOR THE ADVANTAGE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF CHINEHAM.

Area of benefit: VILLAGE OF CHINEHAM

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 charity reported a small surplus of £790 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Free reserves at year-end amounted to 22 months of unrestricted expenditure, significantly exceeding the trustees' policy target of 9 to 12 months. The accounts were subjected to an independent examination with no matters coming to the examiner's attention.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sun Life of Canada — “Our sincere thanks go to Sun Life of Canada and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for their sponsorship.” (source page)
• Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council — “Our sincere thanks go to Sun Life of Canada and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for their sponsorship.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Bull · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Mary Chamberlain
• Kwok San Chan
• Ruchira Bhave
• TREVOR JAMES DOUGLAS MORGAN

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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