HYDE WAR MEMORIAL PARISH HALL

Registered charity 301827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HYDE MEMORIAL HALL

The provision and maintenance of a village hall for the community to be used for meetings of local groups, the primary school, leisure, social and entertainment activities, and for private hire by local residents and others. Also, the Charity runs an annual 'Frogham Fair' to raise money for the maintenance of the hall and to support other local groups and charities.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HYDE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE TO 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: PARISH OF HYDE

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 · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: New Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£46k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,516 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £57,731. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to hold funds for property repairs or maintenance but have not disclosed a specific numerical target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: address any property repairs or maintenance that may be required in the short or longer term (reserves figure: £58k)

“The trustees have decided that the charity must hold reserves in order to address any property repairs or maintenance that may be required in the short or longer term.” — page 3

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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: 100

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

Volunteers: 200

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

Volunteers: 200
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £132,740 total gross income on the same return

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

New Forest National Park Authority — “With a biodiversity grant from New Forest National Park Authority, we have purchased bat boxes and a hedgehog shelter” (source page)
TH RUSSELL TRUST — “TH RUSSELL TRUST Improving the Hall grounds” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

David MORGANchair
ANDREW BRIGGS
Christine Ann Owen
Claire Elizabeth Leith
JANE ARIGHO
Janet Elizabeth Butcher
Lucy Nicholls
MARIE-ANNE RICHARDSON
MRS GINA DAWKINS
Nigel Thomas Owen
Roger Stuart Pennington
THERESA MAYES
Valerie Hollands

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£46k	£40k
31/12/2024	£44k	£44k
31/12/2023	£133k	£138k
31/12/2022	£40k	£27k
31/12/2021	£16k	£14k

Common questions

Is HYDE WAR MEMORIAL PARISH HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,516 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £57,731. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to hold funds for property repairs or maintenance but have not disclosed a specific numerical target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HYDE WAR MEMORIAL PARISH HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HYDE WAR MEMORIAL PARISH HALL as a grant recipient include THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	FY2024	£75k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/07/2023	£19k	Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund

Charities like this

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

FARNHAM COMMON VILLAGE HALL income £40k
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £25k
EYE AND DUNSDEN VILLAGE HALL income £79k
ROYDON VILLAGE HALL income £34k
DENHAM MEMORIAL HALL income £64k
CHEDDON FITZPAINE MEMORIAL HALL income £44k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HYDE WAR MEMORIAL PARISH HALL	£46k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FARNHAM COMMON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£40k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHURCHILL WAR MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£25k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EYE AND DUNSDEN VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£79k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYDON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DENHAM MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£64k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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