WILSTONE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 283995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees, all being members of the Wilstone Village Hall Management Committee, maintain the hall, promote and support activities for the benefit of the local community.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WILSTONE IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 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: WILSTONE

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£46k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters causing concern. The examiner recommended that the trustees formally embed a reserves policy to document fund access mechanisms and withdrawals. Specific administrative recommendations were made regarding the handling of a £10,000 bequest and cleaning payments.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£46k£42k
31/03/2024£39k£36k
31/03/2023£23k£26k
31/03/2022£22k£23k
31/03/2021£26k£17k

Common questions

Is WILSTONE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters causing concern. The examiner recommended that the trustees formally embed a reserves policy to document fund access mechanisms and withdrawals. Specific administrative recommendations were made regarding the handling of a £10,000 bequest and cleaning payments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£9kVillage Hall heating
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2023£9kWilstone Village Hall solar panel installation
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2018£9kWilstone Film Nights For All!
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2004£18kRefurbishment of village hall