HORTON AND CHALBURY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running and Operating a Village Hall on behalf of the villagers in the surrounding community.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HORTON AND CHALBURY.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF HORTON AND CHALBURY

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 held total funds of £349,289 at the end of the year, with unrestricted reserves of £87,957. The trustees report that they continue to hold a prudent reserve to safeguard financial stability, noting that the charity closed the year with a 3% reduction in overall expenditure compared to the previous year.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development — “This project was part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development 2007 - 2013 with delivery through the South West of E…” (source page)
• South West of England Rural Development Agency — “This project was part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development 2007 - 2013 with delivery through the South West of E…” (source page)
• Defra — “This project was part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development 2007 - 2013 with delivery through the South West of E…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Stephen Downes
• COLIN AGNEW
• DAVID LYN ARTHUR
• Olaide Esther Olutoye
• ROSALIND NASH

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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