GREAT BARFORD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 300035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT BARFORD PARISH HALL

The Hall is for the use of Great Barford Villagers and villagers from surrounding villages. It is used for various indoor activities and by various village communities

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: PARISH OF GREAT BARFORD.

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: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£54k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss for the year, with total expenses of £67,370.90 exceeding total income of £67,028.58. The filing notes a negative carried-forward balance from the previous year and relies on transfers from savings to cover current expenditures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Bar sales (card) (38% of income)

“Bar sales (card) 25680.50”

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 handling
Risk management
Serious incident reporting 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 31/08/2024

Government income: £22,600 — grants £22,600 (3); 30% of the £75,904 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

John McPhersonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Amber Jade Simpson
Howard Cox
Jennifer Taylor
Louise Geary
Nicola Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Patricia Marwick
Tracey Tyler · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£67k	£54k
31/08/2024	£76k	£76k
31/08/2023	£48k	£50k
31/08/2022	£40k	£41k
31/08/2021	£19k	£18k

Common questions

Is GREAT BARFORD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss for the year, with total expenses of £67,370.90 exceeding total income of £67,028.58. The filing notes a negative carried-forward balance from the previous year and relies on transfers from savings to cover current expenditures. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GREAT BARFORD VILLAGE HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GREAT BARFORD VILLAGE HALL as a grant recipient include THE HARPUR TRUST, MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPUR TRUST	FY2024	£4k	Bus Library Renovation
MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	Unverified read£1k
MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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	28/08/2026	£10k	Air source Heat pump installation and air conditioning

Charities like this

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

MADGINFORD HALL income £30k
BARBY VILLAGE HALL income £27k
BUSBRIDGE VILLAGE HALL income £34k
PERRANUTHNOE VILLAGE HALL income £59k
BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD VILLAGE HALL income £85k
OTTERSHAW VILLAGE HALL income £30k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREAT BARFORD VILLAGE HALL	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MADGINFORD HALL FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARBY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSBRIDGE VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£34k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
PERRANUTHNOE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£85k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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