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MELPLASH VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Letting village hall to various clubs and occasional one off events. Maintain building.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELPLASH IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELPLASH AND IMMEDIATE*

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
£53k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is preparing for the sale of its hall, with proceeds of £52,000 achieved at auction. The trustees kept expenditure to a minimum due to uncertainty over the hall's future direction, resulting in a surplus for the period. All funds are unrestricted, and the charity is transitioning its assets and activities to a new entity, the 'Melplash Community Fund'.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“In view of uncertainty over the hall's future direction the trustees kept expenditure to a minimum. The hall continued to be closed and prepared for sale with assets being disposed of.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£53k£10k
31/12/2024£31k£5k
31/12/2023£429£2k
31/12/2022£471£3k
31/12/2021£1k£6k

Common questions

Is MELPLASH VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is preparing for the sale of its hall, with proceeds of £52,000 achieved at auction. The trustees kept expenditure to a minimum due to uncertainty over the hall's future direction, resulting in a surplus for the period. All funds are unrestricted, and the charity is transitioning its assets and activities to a new entity, the 'Melplash Community Fund'. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2012£1kRenovations