CORNWORTHY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 283965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNWORTHY VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE

Manage and maintain Cornworthy Village Hall. The hall is available for public hire and is used by a number of organisations/societies for sport and leisure activities as well as private parties. It is also the local polling station. The Committee holds fund raising events.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CORNWORTHY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON WITHOUT DESTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR ALL 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 CORNWORTHY

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

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

Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated sufficient revenue from hall hires and community events to cover annual overheads and expenditure. The charity held approximately £21,000 in uncommitted cash reserves at the end of the period, while having invested £35,000 in maintenance and refurbishment works. The trustees identified risks regarding securing future grant funding for final refurbishment stages and maintaining volunteer numbers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s annual overheads plus additional reserves for scheduled maintenance, refurbishment, unexpected repairs, and upgrading the fabric of the Hall (held: £21k)
“The general policy for holding reserves is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover one year’s annual overheads and then build up additional reserves for both scheduled maintenance and refurbishment and unexpected repairs, as well as for upgrading the fabric of the Hall.”
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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cornworthy Village Hall (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£38k£47k
31/08/2024£43k£44k
31/08/2023£17k£12k
31/08/2022£2k£4k
31/08/2021£11k£3k

Common questions

Is CORNWORTHY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated sufficient revenue from hall hires and community events to cover annual overheads and expenditure. The charity held approximately £21,000 in uncommitted cash reserves at the end of the period, while having invested £35,000 in maintenance and refurbishment works. The trustees identified risks regarding securing future grant funding for final refurbishment stages and maintaining volunteer numbers.

Who funds CORNWORTHY VILLAGE HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CORNWORTHY VILLAGE HALL as a grant recipient include WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATIONFY2025£59k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/10/2023£10kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2005£5kdisabled access & toilets