NORTH NEWTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 294627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of village hall and facilities to inhabitants of the parish of North Newton

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF NORTH PETHERTON (NORTH NEWTON), IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET 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: NORTH NEWTON

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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Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£20k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £16,072 to £26,278, driven by a net income of £10,206 against total incoming resources of £30,243. The charity holds £24,291 in cash at bank, indicating strong liquidity and no stated financial risks or uncertainties regarding its continuation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 10.8% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Fundraising costs 3,260” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN SYDNEY EARNEST BRADFORD
BRYAN SELLICK
James Michael Barham
ROGER DAY

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£30k	£20k
31/12/2024	£38k	£39k
31/12/2023	£35k	£73k
31/12/2022	£51k	£22k
31/12/2021	£8k	£8k

Common questions

Is NORTH NEWTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £16,072 to £26,278, driven by a net income of £10,206 against total incoming resources of £30,243. The charity holds £24,291 in cash at bank, indicating strong liquidity and no stated financial risks or uncertainties regarding its continuation. 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
Somerset Community Foundation	09/10/2023	£10k	Upgrading a heating sustem in a Sedgemoor community hall

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 CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT FOUNDATION	1	£25k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

NEWTON VILLAGE HALL income £26k
NEWBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL income £74k
NORTON FITZWARREN VILLAGE HALL income £62k
NORTH WOOTTON VILLAGE HALL income £34k
YARNTON VILLAGE HALL income £39k
CLAVERHAM VILLAGE HALL income £76k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH NEWTON VILLAGE HALL	£30k	—	unclear	10.8%	no doubt
NEWTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£74k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTON FITZWARREN VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£62k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH WOOTTON VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YARNTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£39k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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