VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 301845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMBLEDON VILLAGE HALL

Management of Village Hall

Objects

1. A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS LIBRARY LECTURE CLASSES RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HAMBLEDON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. 2. A YOUTH CLUB TO HELP AND EDUCATE GIRLS AND BOYS RESIDENT IN HAMBLEDON AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: HAMBLEDON

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

£25k

Latest spending

£22k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £35,000 in reserves, which the trustees describe as a healthy financial position sufficient to cover running costs in an emergency. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: hirers' fees

“All other funds were raised through hirers’ fees.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: ensure that Hambledon Village Hall Management committee is always in a position to pay the running costs of the hall, even if no hire fees are received in an emergency situation (held: £35k)

“The purpose of the Reserves Policy is to ensure that Hambledon Village Hall Management committee is always in a position to pay the running costs of the hall, even if no hire fees are received in an emergency situation.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

JANET DIANE HARRISONchair
Dr Eileen Haywood Richardson
ELIZABETH MARION HALL
Elizabeth Ann Harrison
JACQUELINE FOSTER
John Dunkley
Rowenna Gordon
Tracey Crank
Tracy Fiona Jones

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£25k	£22k
31/12/2024	£49k	£39k
31/12/2023	£24k	£44k
31/12/2022	£36k	£39k
31/12/2021	£34k	£13k

Common questions

Is VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £35,000 in reserves, which the trustees describe as a healthy financial position sufficient to cover running costs in an emergency. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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	27/04/2016	£10k	Heating and Energy Efficiency (HEEP) Project Stage 2