CANFORD CLIFFS VILLAGE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 301112 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANFORD CLIFFS HALL AND INSTITUTE, CANFORD CLIFFS VILLAGE HALL

To provide the facilities of a village hall for residents of Canford Cliffs and surrounding area.

Objects

PURPOSES OF A HALL AND INSTITUTE FOR THE EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHERWISE FOR THE ADVANTAGE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: CANFORD CLIFFS, BOROUGH OF POOLE AND BOROUGH OF BOURNEMOUTH.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £1,825 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £41,813 and expenditure of £39,989. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves increased to £139,548, comprising a contingency reserve and a building refurbishment fund. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and the independent examiner reported no material matters of concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The hiring fee income for the Village Hall of £32,056 was 3% higher than that for 2023 (£31,087).” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of average expenditure for contingency; minimum £40,000 and maximum £150,000 for building refurbishment (held: £140k)

“The contingency reserve should amount to at least three month's average expenditure. No maximum has been specified. The building refurbishment fund should hold a minimum of £40,000 and a maximum of £150,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

HASSAM SUFRAZchair
Danielle Travaglia
Julia al-omar
MARTIN HEATH
Richard James Neale
Rosemary Thrower

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£43k	£35k
31/12/2024	£42k	£40k
31/12/2023	£39k	£32k
31/12/2022	£28k	£35k
31/12/2021	£23k	£22k

Common questions

Is CANFORD CLIFFS VILLAGE HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £1,825 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £41,813 and expenditure of £39,989. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves increased to £139,548, comprising a contingency reserve and a building refurbishment fund. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and the independent examiner reported no material matters of concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.