ARNOLD HILLS HALL

Registered charity 302816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENSHURST VILLAGE HALL

Village Hall

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECLARE.(2) SUBJECT TO CLAUSES 5 (1) AND 24, THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR USE FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF PENSHURST AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,150 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of approximately £25,721 and total expenditure of £22,580. The oversight report notes that available funds remain healthy at £123,618, although it highlights a sustainability risk due to over-reliance on Warders income and poor returns on investments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mr Richard Cserjen (FCMA). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN MASSEYchair
• AMANDA JANE CURRAN
• JEAN ANN FREEMAN
• JUDITH WILSON
• John O'Shea
• Richard Gerard-Sharp
• Rob Rees

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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