KELVEDON HATCH VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintaining a Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of Kelvedon Hatch in particular for use for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life for the inhabitants.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: KELVEDON HATCH 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: Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £21,087 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £93,138 to £72,052. The trustees' report indicates that income from hall hire is critical and that the charity maintains specific reserves for emergency repairs and essential maintenance to ensure financial viability. Per the independent examiner's report, no material matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Northchair
• CATHERINE NORTH
• DAVID HUGHES
• Dawn Cockerton
• MRS JAN WRIGHT
• Patrick Cockerton
• RAYMOND BALCOMBE
• Richard Cumming

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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