UPSHIRE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the charity is to maintain Upshire Village Hall, for the communal benefit of the inhabitants of the village and its surrounds. The committee aims to provide first class hall facilities at an affordable cost to voluntary organisations serving the community.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: HAMLET OF UPSHIRE AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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

£31k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a General Fund reserve of £38,381.70 at the end of the year, which is above the stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £4,086.48 for the year, with total receipts of £31,087.39 and total payments of £27,000.91.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Trading Activities Hiring charges 28068.54”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not less than £15,000 (held: £38k)

“The Committee has agreed that a reserve of the General Fund should not be less than £15,000 to cover any emergency work that needs to be carried out.” — 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
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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

FREDRICK CORSHAMchair
KAREN MATTHEWS
Wendy May Crawley

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£31k	£27k
31/10/2024	£36k	£26k
31/10/2023	£83k	£90k
31/10/2022	£34k	£55k
31/10/2021	£42k	£18k

Common questions

Is UPSHIRE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a General Fund reserve of £38,381.70 at the end of the year, which is above the stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £4,086.48 for the year, with total receipts of £31,087.39 and total payments of £27,000.91. 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	14/12/2004	£5k	Refurbishment of Kitchen