LITTLE BURSTEAD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MAINTENANCE OF LOCAL VILLAGE HALL WHICH IS USED FOR LOCAL FUNCTIONS AND GROUP ACTIVITIES I.E. WOMENS INSTITUTE, NCT, SPORTS GROUPS, MUSIC & ART GROUPS ETC. EVENTS ARE ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO FUND THIS.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF GREAT AND LITTLE BURSTEAD

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

Registered contact address: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£25k

Latest spending

£20k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,618, which is significantly above its stated policy target of £10,000. The filing notes that cash reserves increased by £5,145 during the year, supported by approximately £18,000 in hall hire income and net event income of just under £1,600. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet the charity's objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall hire

“Hall hire- hall hirings for the year resulted in about £18,000 income.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £10,000 which is just over one year of hall running costs in a normal year (reserves figure: £36k)

“The trustees strive to maintain reserves of £10,000 which is just over one year of hall running costs in a normal year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

ROGER SAVAGEchair
Angela McCoy
James Slocombe
Mrs C Hutchings
Mrs C Savage
Mrs J Ellis
Mrs S Wright

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£25k	£20k
31/12/2024	£22k	£18k
31/12/2023	£16k	£11k
31/12/2022	£11k	£21k
31/12/2021	£13k	£10k

Common questions

Is LITTLE BURSTEAD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,618, which is significantly above its stated policy target of £10,000. The filing notes that cash reserves increased by £5,145 during the year, supported by approximately £18,000 in hall hire income and net event income of just under £1,600. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet the charity's objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/04/2006	£5k	There is no project name available for this record

Charities like this

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

LUDDINGTON VILLAGE HALL income £44k
STINCHCOMBE VILLAGE HALL income £27k
CROYDE VILLAGE HALL income £26k
MURSLEY VILLAGE HALL income £40k
HALE VILLAGE HALL income £51k
THE CROCKHAM HILL VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £52k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LITTLE BURSTEAD VILLAGE HALL	£25k	—	above	—	no doubt
LUDDINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£44k	—	above	—	no doubt
STINCHCOMBE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
CROYDE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MURSLEY VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£40k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HALE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£51k	—	above	—	no doubt

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