ORPINGTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST

Registered charity 302959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ORPINGTON HALLS

The charity provides for religious, moral, social and intellectual welfare and rational recreation and amusement of the inhabitants and visitors to the Parish of Orpington, and to their friends.

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Latest income
£153k
Latest spending
£192k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with all invoices paid and a repayment plan for a loan taken out to clear outstanding debt. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved its strongest financial base in a number of years with increased revenue and hirers. However, the Statement of Financial Position shows net liabilities of £22,918, driven by long-term creditors of £46,701 against current assets of £27,267.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£153k£192k
31/12/2023£138k£195k
31/12/2022£212k£159k
31/12/2021£204k£252k
31/12/2020£148k£146k

Common questions

Is ORPINGTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with all invoices paid and a repayment plan for a loan taken out to clear outstanding debt. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved its strongest financial base in a number of years with increased revenue and hirers. However, the Statement of Financial Position shows net liabilities of £22,918, driven by long-term creditors of £46,701 against current assets of £27,267. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2023£2kDementia & Friendship Cafe
UK government27/07/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
REGIONS BEYOND UK1£12k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ORPINGTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ORPINGTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST£153k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ORPINGTON FY2025£224k0aboveno doubt
ORPINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£806k0unclearno doubt
HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON FY2023£1.2munclearno doubt
RIVER CHURCH (ORPINGTON) FY2024£173k0aboveno doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ORPINGTON HOSPITAL FY2025£216k0unclearno doubt

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