THE HUNDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD CHARITY

Registered charity 283170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintaining and running of Village Hall for hiring out to public and use by regular village groups. To promote new activities where possible.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HUNDON FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HUNDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faces significant financial challenges due to rising energy and maintenance costs, noting that regular hire fees are insufficient to maintain current facilities. The trustees report that financial viability requires considerable effort to generate additional profitability and reduce expenses. While the charity has a positive trading surplus for the year, it relies on interdependent community usage and external grants to remain viable.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£47k£43k
31/03/2024£41k£62k
05/04/2023£43k£45k
05/04/2022£44k£39k
05/04/2021£42k£34k

Common questions

Is THE HUNDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faces significant financial challenges due to rising energy and maintenance costs, noting that regular hire fees are insufficient to maintain current facilities. The trustees report that financial viability requires considerable effort to generate additional profitability and reduce expenses. While the charity has a positive trading surplus for the year, it relies on interdependent community usage and external grants to remain viable.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2009£6kRefurbishment of Hundon Village Hall Toilets

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
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLME-ON-SPALDING-MOOR VILLAGE HALL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HUNDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD CHARITY£47k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLME-ON-SPALDING-MOOR VILLAGE HALL FY2025£33k——unclear—no doubt
OVERTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
WOODLEY VILLAGE HALL FY2026£42k——unclear—no doubt
WOODLAND VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY FY2025£31k—0above—no doubt
ROYDON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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