BERKHAMSTED TOWN HALL TRUST

Registered charity 278248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide community facilities for the people of Berkhamsted and surrounding area

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: TOWN OF BERKHAMSTEAD AND THE PARISH OF NORTHCHURCH

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: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust recorded a net deficit of £19,006 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £506,271. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £503,084, while the Trust continues to service a mortgage liability of £205,663. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER NORMAN ELSWORTHchair
• CHRISTOPHER TALBOT-PONSONBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• GILES NOEL CLARK
• IAIN LANG
• IAN REAY
• JEANNIE STIRRUP
• John Gerry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marie Clout
• Mark Edward Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHN CASE
• Sally Symington

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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