MEPPERSHALL VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 300052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operates a village hall for the benefit of Meppershall village and neighbourhood with a wide and diverse range of facilities, hirers and users.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: MEPPERSHALL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £19,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £101,000 against expenditure of £82,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate, holding £124,000 in stock market investments and £45,000 in cash to meet future maintenance and refurbishment costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the review.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hirings - Regular Users (29% of income)

“Hirings - Regular Users 29,113 29%”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Graham Walker received £120 for property maintenance and specific works.

“The following amounts were paid to individual trustees or their related parties during the year: Graham Walker: Property maintenance and specific works £120” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 3. Related party transactions

“Graham Walker: Property maintenance and specific works £120 (2024 £1,500) b) The trustees were reimbursed costs incurred on behalf of Meppershall Village Hall on a £1 for £1 basis.”

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Gordon Arthur Cordeschair
Jayne Walbridge · trustee of 1 other charity
Leo Wright
Mandie Edwards

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£101k	£82k
31/03/2024	£94k	£74k
31/03/2023	£75k	£61k
31/03/2022	£68k	£46k
31/03/2021	£57k	£28k

Common questions

Is MEPPERSHALL VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £19,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £101,000 against expenditure of £82,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate, holding £124,000 in stock market investments and £45,000 in cash to meet future maintenance and refurbishment costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the review. 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	12/03/2026	£20k	Solar panels batteries and LED lighting

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
Moto Foundation	1	£331

Charities like this

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

NASH VILLAGE HALL income £113k
THE METHUEN HALL (OR TOWN HALL) income £141k
THE SCOTTER VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £348k
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES income £29k
BAYLHAM VILLAGE HALL income £157k
BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MEPPERSHALL VILLAGE HALL	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NASH VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE METHUEN HALL (OR TOWN HALL) FY2025	£141k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SCOTTER VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£348k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2024	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BAYLHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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