HOLMER GREEN VILLAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 300281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY HAS BEEN FORMED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES OF THE VILLAGE CENTRE HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS - THESE INCLUDE PRE-SCHOOL GROUPS, GIRL GUIDES AND SIMILAR GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, KEEP FIT AND WEIGHT LOSS GROUPS, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, THEATRE, HEALTH CLINICS ETC.

Objects

TO PROVIDE ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE AREA.

Area of benefit: HOLMER GREEN

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus in 2025 and holds unrestricted reserves of £29,548.90. The trustees consider this amount adequate against their policy target of 6-12 months' operating expenses. Forward forecasts indicate a healthy financial position for the coming years despite high energy costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about 6-12 months’ operating expenses (held: £30k)

“The Trustees consider that a reserve of about 6-12 months’ operating expenses is sufficient to deal with unforeseen problems and/or to ensure an orderly dissolution of the HGVC if that were to prove necessary.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Women’s Institute — “supplemented by generous donations from organisations such as the Women’s Institute and the Friends of the Holmer Green Village Centre and f…” (source page)
Friends of the Holmer Green Village Centre — “supplemented by generous donations from organisations such as the Women’s Institute and the Friends of the Holmer Green Village Centre and f…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

JAMES ROBERT CADLEchair
Eric Magson
Helen Terry
PETER HEALY

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£30k	£25k
31/12/2024	£28k	£25k
31/12/2023	£27k	£40k
31/12/2022	£26k	£20k
31/12/2021	£19k	£16k

Common questions

Is HOLMER GREEN VILLAGE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus in 2025 and holds unrestricted reserves of £29,548.90. The trustees consider this amount adequate against their policy target of 6-12 months' operating expenses. Forward forecasts indicate a healthy financial position for the coming years despite high energy costs. 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	17/07/2006	£6k	Replacement of old Central Heating System