LITTLEPORT VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 279914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Village hall for hire.

Objects

PROVISION OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID PARISH OF LITTLEPORT.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LITTLEPORT

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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Latest income

£22k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a loss of £4,608 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £18,394 to £12,943. The trustees note uncertainties regarding potential structural damage, public violence, or loss of community bookings that could affect the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Despite these risks, the charity held sufficient cash reserves at year-end to cover immediate liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The uncertainties which may affect the charity as a gong concern include the following 1. Significant structural damage to the hall, which may include ‘acts of God’, 2. Public violence to the hall making the Hall unusable as a community venue 3. A loss of interest and bookings by the local community”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Risk management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

COLIN JOHN WICKSchair
Ann White
Anna Takkula
Christopher Noel Parris
Geoffrey Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
Patricia Ollive
Philip Robinson
Rev Nick Brown
Val Rogers

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£22k	£28k
31/12/2024	£27k	£32k
31/12/2023	£16k	£14k
31/12/2022	£15k	£10k
31/12/2021	£10k	£9k

Common questions

Is LITTLEPORT VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a loss of £4,608 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £18,394 to £12,943. The trustees note uncertainties regarding potential structural damage, public violence, or loss of community bookings that could affect the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Despite these risks, the charity held sufficient cash reserves at year-end to cover immediate liabilities. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/10/2006	£10k	Kitchen Improvements Initiative