COLYFORD MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 300801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust holds the Village Hall for the inhabitants of Colyford and the neighbourhood. It provides use of the facilities for meetings, lectures, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the residents.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF COLYFORD, FAIR VIEW, WHITWELL LANE, GULLY SHUTE AND HOLYFORD, ALL IN THE PARISH OF COLYTON

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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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Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,165.93 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Total operational income was £32,546.78 against operational expenses of £27,380.85. The closing balance at 30 September 2025 was £33,603.62.

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 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.

Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Ray Wattschair
Carol Rowe · trustee of 1 other charity
Frank Head
HELEN MAYNARD
Sylvia Jarvis
Valerie Lawson

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£33k	£27k
30/09/2024	£29k	£29k
30/09/2023	£28k	£26k
30/09/2022	£21k	£14k
30/09/2021	£17k	£30k

Common questions

Is COLYFORD MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,165.93 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Total operational income was £32,546.78 against operational expenses of £27,380.85. The closing balance at 30 September 2025 was £33,603.62. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

FULFORD VILLAGE HALL income £36k
CATISFIELD MEMORIAL HALL income £36k
WHITTLESFORD MEMORIAL HALL income £50k
MAYFORD VILLAGE HALL income £44k
WAR MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL AND INSTITUTE income £27k
LONG MELFORD VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL income £44k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLYFORD MEMORIAL HALL	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FULFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CATISFIELD MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£36k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WHITTLESFORD MEMORIAL HALL FY2026	£50k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MAYFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WAR MEMORIAL VILLAGE HALL AND INSTITUTE FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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