ST GEORGE'S HALL

Registered charity 292415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST GEORGE'S HALL BLOCKLEY

The hall is used for recreational and educational purposes

Objects

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS LIBRARY LECTURES CLASSES RECREATIONS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BLOCKLEY

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

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Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£42k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,814.27 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Total income decreased to £40,155.57 from £34,483.32, while total expenses fell significantly to £41,969.84 from £51,956.66. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,464.40, derived from a sinking fund established for maintenance costs.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management

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 31/03/2025

Government income: £20,756 — contracts £20,756 (1); 52% of the £40,156 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); 1% of the £34,483 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Blockley Parish Council

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£40k	£42k
31/03/2024	£34k	£52k
31/03/2023	£35k	£55k
31/03/2022	£31k	£36k
31/03/2021	£75k	£27k

Common questions

Is ST GEORGE'S HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,814.27 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus in the prior year. Total income decreased to £40,155.57 from £34,483.32, while total expenses fell significantly to £41,969.84 from £51,956.66. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,464.40, derived from a sinking fund established for maintenance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 NISBET TRUST	1	£19k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST	1	£13k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	1	£10k
THE ANCHOR SOCIETY CIO	1	£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	1	£5k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust	1	£2k
THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL.

THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL income £27k
ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL income £2.1m
ST. MARGARET'S HALL USERS GROUP income £59k
ST MARGARET'S HOUSE income £1.3m
WHITTINGTON VILLAGE HALL income £40k
ST PETER'S HALL (1991) CHARITY income £351k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST GEORGE'S HALL	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL FY2025	£2.1m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
ST. MARGARET'S HALL USERS GROUP FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARGARET'S HOUSE FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITTINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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