BIDDENDEN VILLAGE HALLS AND SPORTS COMMITTEE

Registered charity 302684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIDDENDEN CLUB HOUSE, PARISH CLUB HOUSE

The Charity administers and maintains two Village Halls and is the landlord for Biddenden Squash Club, Biddenden Tennis Club, Biddenden Juniours Football Club and Biddenden Bowls Club

Objects

CHARITY SHALL BE THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE VILLAGE HALL AND OTHER PROPERTIES FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BIDDENDEN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (2) THE LAND AND BUILDINGS BELONGING TO THE CHARITY SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AS AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BIDDENDEN

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £4,050 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £71,635, comprising £42,436 in unrestricted funds and £29,199 in restricted funds designated for specific maintenance works. The trustees monitor reserves regularly to ensure sufficient funds are available for current operating expenses and identified repair projects.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR TOM LUPTONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher John Watts
• DAVID FALZANI · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Stone · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deidre Philomena Harrop
• Geoffrey Robert Down
• HUGH RICHARDS
• Jeanette Oatway
• Joanna Piper
• Kevin Simmons
• Lesley Lidgett
• MR JERRY SLINN
• Richard Charles Ewence
• Tara Jane Aikman

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

Operates in: Kent

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