THE LITTLE CLACTON VILLAGE HALL AND HAROLD LILLEY PLAYING FIELD TRUST

Registered charity 301356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE CLACTON VILLAGE HALL, THE HAROLD LILLEY PLAYING FIELD TRUST

Provides facilities for local residents of all age groups, including disabled to participate in many varied leisure and recreational pursuits.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF LITTLE CLACTON OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LITTLE CLACTON AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,447 for the year ended 28 February 2025, bringing the accumulated fund to £68,267. The trustees report that the village hall is used virtually to capacity and that operational issues, such as damp problems, have been addressed. The filing confirms no matters requiring attention were found by the independent examiner.

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 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.

• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN COOLEDGE
• Alan Quartermaine
• Christopher Frederick Amor
• David Birch
• Jean Quartermaine
• MAVIS ELIZABETH DE-VAUX BALBIRNIE · trustee of 1 other charity

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).