FINCHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS

Registered charity 303950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To Maintain the Fincham Memorial Hall and Playing Fields and to preserve them for the good of the Local Community and others. As Fincham has lost its Primary School the Village Hall is the social centre for the Village

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Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a healthy unrestricted balance of £34,500.36, despite noting that running costs remain very high. The charity lost a lucrative hall hire contract with the British Oxygen Foundation but has secured new referrals to maintain substantial income from hall hires. Additionally, the charity received grant income from the National Lottery Community Fund and continues to raise essential funds through various committee-run events.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30k£20k
31/03/2024£38k£24k
31/03/2023£84k£90k
31/03/2022£27k£10k
31/03/2021£22k£4k

Common questions

Is FINCHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a healthy unrestricted balance of £34,500.36, despite noting that running costs remain very high. The charity lost a lucrative hall hire contract with the British Oxygen Foundation but has secured new referrals to maintain substantial income from hall hires. Additionally, the charity received grant income from the National Lottery Community Fund and continues to raise essential funds through various committee-run events.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2023£25kDeveloping plans to future-proof Fincham Memorial Hall
Postcode Lottery27/08/2022£18kEssential roof repair
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2006£5kHall Refurbishment