NINFIELD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 286695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q142069617 · also known as NINFIELD MEMORIAL HALL, NINFIELD VILLAGE HALL, THE MEMORIAL HALL

The Memorial Hall is used by a wide section of the local community.i.e Pre School,Mums & Toddlers,,Cubs & Scouts for the youth. Golden Circle(Ex WI)Flower Group,Horticultural ,Dancing Dog Training.keep fit classes.

Objects

TO BE APPROPRIATED AND USED IN PERPETUITY AS A VILLAGE HALL READING ROOM CLUB AND BUILDINGS FOR ANY PURPOSES TENDING TO THE AMUSEMENT RECREATION INSTRUCTION OR BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF NINFIELD.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £23,842 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £47,830 and total expenditure of £23,988. Unrestricted reserves stood at £53,162, which the trustees state is in accordance with their policy to maintain reserves of at least 20% of annual revenue. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 20% of annual revenue (reserves figure: £53k)

“It is the trustees’ policy to maintain unrestricted reserves of at least 20% of annual revenue.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 13
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 24/10/2024, 86 days after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Barry Chaseleychair
Anita Dawes
Brian Stockton
CAROL ANN HOLLAND
Fiona Steadman
HELEN CUNLIFFE
JENNIFER COLLETT
Julia Hurrell · trustee of 1 other charity
KAYE CRITTELL
MRS PAT ELDRIDGE
MRS SAMI GUARD
Pete Holland

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£48k	£24k
31/12/2024	£52k	£40k
30/09/2023	£37k	£15k
30/09/2022	£167k	£154k
30/09/2021	£140k	£142k

Common questions

Is NINFIELD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £23,842 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £47,830 and total expenditure of £23,988. Unrestricted reserves stood at £53,162, which the trustees state is in accordance with their policy to maintain reserves of at least 20% of annual revenue. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations. Its FY2025 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	30/09/2021	£57k	Our Big Build

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Lugden Hill Trust	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATFORTH MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL.

CATFORTH MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL income £26k
GLENFIELD MEMORIAL HALL income £48k
THE DR W E RIPPER MEMORIAL HALL income £33k
THE FRESHFORD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL income £39k
MEMORIAL HALL WILMINGTON income £29k
WHITFIELD VILLAGE HALL income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NINFIELD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL	£48k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CATFORTH MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GLENFIELD MEMORIAL HALL FY2026	£48k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DR W E RIPPER MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£33k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FRESHFORD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£39k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEMORIAL HALL WILMINGTON FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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