FERNDOWN VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide facilities to local organisations eg badminton-drama, WI T.WG's horticultural society - groups, AA, senior cits, curious arts.

Objects

TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION AND SOCIAL, MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, LECTURES, CLASSES, RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HAMPRESTON AND THE DISTRICT OF FERNDOWN.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net income decreased to £15,958 from £30,485 in the previous year, a drop attributed to extra costs incurred. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserve fund to support the ageing building and is currently undertaking wiring updates to facilitate future solar panel installation.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIKE JASPERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deborah Anne Stanley
• IAN SCRAGGS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Isobel Nancy Roche-D'Aubert

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

Operates in: Dorset

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Government & lottery funding

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