QUEEN'S HALL CHARITY

Registered charity 285480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASSETT MEMORIAL CHARITY, WEALD GULLETT RECREATION GROUND

The Charity manages the Queen's Hall, which is a community / sports hall, and the Memorial Playing Field for the benefit of North Weald residents. It engages in some fund raising activities to enable fees to be kept affordable. It is also applies for grants various bodies.

Objects

1. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND2. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF NORTH WEALD BASSETT

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£58k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a 'good year' with community hire, though party bookings were slow. The document presents a credit balance of 57,647 against a debit of 47,322 for the year ending 2025-03-31, indicating a net positive position without explicit reserve figures or policy targets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: hire
“hire to regular clubs and others in the community”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£58k£47k
31/03/2024£55k£48k
31/03/2023£54k£57k
31/03/2022£76k£73k
31/03/2021£30k£26k

Common questions

Is QUEEN'S HALL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a 'good year' with community hire, though party bookings were slow. The document presents a credit balance of 57,647 against a debit of 47,322 for the year ending 2025-03-31, indicating a net positive position without explicit reserve figures or policy targets.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Essex County Council29/11/2018£9kCommunity Inititives Fund Grant