WAR MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL AND INSTITUTE

Registered charity 300405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE SHELFORD MEMORIAL HALL

The charity was established with the object of providing a village hall for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish of Little Shelford. The trustees actively promote the use of the hall for sporting, social, drama and similar activities by members of Little Shelford and other local organisations and for private functions by local residents.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL AND INSTITUTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF LITTLE SHELFORD.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LITTLE SHELFORD

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £1,445 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves in the General Fund stood at £25,060, which the trustees consider a prudent balance relative to their policy of maintaining approximately one year's income. The charity holds significant total funds of £259,065, largely held in a designated Building Fund for future maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Donald Boyle
• Philip Michael Chatwin
• Robin David Christian Skinner
• Simon David Conway-Smith
• Susan Janet Everett
• Wendy Elizabeth Butler
• William Georges Davidson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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