HATFIELD BROAD OAK VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides hall space for village educational, welfare and sporting activities. It is also available for private hire

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF HATFIELD BROAD OAK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: HATFIELD BROAD OAK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£23k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state total income of £78,560.01 against total expenses of £108,884.42, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The balance sheet shows total capital reserves of £74,771.88, which includes a capital reserve of £69,463.29 and other reserves. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy or independent audit opinion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£34k£23k
31/12/2024£32k£23k
31/12/2023£42k£42k
31/12/2022£10k£10k
31/12/2021£9k£10k

Common questions

Is HATFIELD BROAD OAK VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state total income of £78,560.01 against total expenses of £108,884.42, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The balance sheet shows total capital reserves of £74,771.88, which includes a capital reserve of £69,463.29 and other reserves. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy or independent audit opinion.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2023£5kHEATING UPGRADE
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2022£10kVillage Hall New Ceiling
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2020£6kRepair and redecoration to Village hall inside and out
Essex County Council29/11/2018£5kCommunity Inititives Fund Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2016£10kVillage Hall Refurbishment