DUMBLETON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 299528 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Management and operation of Dumbleton Village Hall

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: PARISH OF DUMBLETON

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports total assets of £52,045 and unrestricted reserves of £23,302 held for emergency maintenance and specific projects. Gross income for the year was £30,985, with total outgoings at £24,988, resulting in a net surplus that increased the bank balance to £48,035. The trustees identify risks related to utility costs, loss of hire revenue, and volunteer availability but state no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Regular Hall Hire (42% of income)

“Regular Hall Hire - £13,079” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £17,510 — grants £17,510 (1); 39% of the £45,263 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 4

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Robin Phillips-Lambchair
Katie Hending
Mary Ruth Seward
Paul Crowther
Philip Anderson
Robert Mercer
Tracey Thompson

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£31k	£25k
31/03/2025	£45k	£39k
31/03/2024	£24k	£32k
31/03/2023	£17k	£20k
31/03/2022	£27k	£22k

Common questions

Is DUMBLETON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reports total assets of £52,045 and unrestricted reserves of £23,302 held for emergency maintenance and specific projects. Gross income for the year was £30,985, with total outgoings at £24,988, resulting in a net surplus that increased the bank balance to £48,035. The trustees identify risks related to utility costs, loss of hire revenue, and volunteer availability but state no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2026 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
UK government	06/10/2020	£5k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2016	£4k	Dumbleton Village Hall - New gable-end window
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/03/2015	£4k	New heating for rear of village hall and a new external side door
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/09/2013	£1k	New lighting for meeting room and meter for boiler system
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/01/2013	£3k	Dumleton Village Hall Entrance, Porch and Storage Alterations
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/01/2012	£6k	Dumbleton Village Hall - Resurfacing of outside areas
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2011	£4k	Dumbleton Village Hall - Window Replacement and refurbishment

Charities like this

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

DISEWORTH VILLAGE HALL income £38k
DARTINGTON VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £30k
BLEDLOW VILLAGE HALL income £41k
MOULTON VILLAGE HALL income £27k
FEN DRAYTON VILLAGE HALL income £29k
DITCHINGHAM VILLAGE HALL income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DUMBLETON VILLAGE HALL	£31k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DISEWORTH VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTINGTON VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BLEDLOW VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MOULTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FEN DRAYTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£29k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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