PARK STREET VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 302443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VILLAGE HALL

Operation of local Village Hall for use by the community

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL.

Area of benefit: PARK STREET AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the hall is financially self-funding, although expenditure exceeded income due to necessary repair work totaling approximately £29,000. The Treasurer notes that despite reductions in fundraising income and large expenses, the organization still maintains good reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The use of the halls has continued to increase, with over 20 regular weekly bookings and, with casual users, the figure is approaching 30.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Paying staff
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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 12

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN MOIRA BARROW
Barbara Vernon
COLIN DOUGLAS COOK
Joanne May Blake
Linda Jane Cook
Matthew Richard Blake
Paul Stephen Ennis
Pauline Dorothy Sangers
ROSEMARY JANE ENNIS
Susan Joy Pilborough · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£35k	£49k
31/08/2024	£35k	£32k
31/08/2023	£26k	£19k
31/08/2022	£24k	£16k
31/08/2021	£27k	£15k

Common questions

Is PARK STREET VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the hall is financially self-funding, although expenditure exceeded income due to necessary repair work totaling approximately £29,000. The Treasurer notes that despite reductions in fundraising income and large expenses, the organization still maintains good reserves.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	23/09/2015	£26k	Replacement Sprung Floor and Underground Heating
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/04/2010	£9k	Park Street Village Hall Kitchen

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION	1	£16k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

HARRIETSHAM VILLAGE HALL income £56k
VILLAGE HALL income £93k
STORRIDGE VILLAGE HALL income £25k
HEPPLE VILLAGE HALL income £43k
BISHOPSWOOD VILLAGE HALL income £62k
WELWICK PARISH HALL income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PARK STREET VILLAGE HALL	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARRIETSHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£93k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STORRIDGE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£25k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEPPLE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BISHOPSWOOD VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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