COLNE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 278191 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLNE COMMUNITY HALL, COLNE COMMUNITY HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Management of Village Hall to provide facility for public/private social events, educational classes and group meetings

Objects

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

Area of benefit: PARISH OF COLNE

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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Registered contact address: Huntingdonshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating loss of £1,971.77 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £29,327.74 to £27,355.97. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £7,320, representing six months of operating expenses, which is currently exceeded by the carried forward balance. The filing does not disclose an independent audit or examiner report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating expenses (reserves figure: £27k)
“The Committee agreed that it would be prudent to maintain a reserve equivalent to six months of operating expenses. The agreed figure to be held in reserves is £ 7,320”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: County Broadband provided free service.
“Broadband provider has been changed to County broadband, they were able to offer a free service to the Village Hall” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£44k£53k
31/03/2025£33k£35k
31/03/2024£13k£11k
31/03/2023£15k£19k
31/03/2022£7k£12k

Common questions

Is COLNE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating loss of £1,971.77 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £29,327.74 to £27,355.97. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £7,320, representing six months of operating expenses, which is currently exceeded by the carried forward balance. The filing does not disclose an independent audit or examiner report.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2026£4kInstallation of air conditioning
The National Lottery Community Fund09/01/2026£13kHall Extraction unit refurbishment and Installation of Air conditioning
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2024£20kRefurbishment of the Community Hall Car Park
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2016£7kInstallation of LED lighting, audio visual apparatus and hearing loop.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/07/2005£61"Colne Village Hall Will Use Their Award To Hold An Exhibition Of Wartime Memorabilia With Guest Speakers Discussing Topics Such As The Far E"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2005£1k60th Anniversary Community Celebration and Educational Event

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED1£20k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLNE VILLAGE HALL£44k—0unclear—no doubt
KNOWLE GREEN VILLAGE HALL FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt
QUEDGELEY VILLAGE HALL FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
PERRANUTHNOE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
CANNINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
REYDON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£31k—0unclear48.1%no doubt

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