LINGWOOD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 303999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Village Hall for the provision of facilities and recreation to the community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£171k
Latest spending
£181k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £159,629.39 against total expenditure of £169,597.29, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The charity holds total liquid assets of £47,314.11 across current and deposit accounts, providing a buffer against the reported financial challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Parish Council support mentioned as financial support received in the past.
I am grateful for the financial support the hall has received from the Parish Council in the past and this certainly isn’t something we take for granted. — page 1
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Internal audit notes state Finance Policy review is not minuted as having been done annually.
Your Finance Policy states that it will be reviewed at the AGM annually, and this is not minuting as having been reviewed. — page 4
The Policy also says that certain expenses ‘should be raised with the trustees as the next meeting’ – there are no payments at all approved at meetings that are recorded within the minutes. — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Internal audit notes state payments/expenses are not recorded as approved in minutes despite policy requiring it.
Your Finance Policy states that it will be reviewed at the AGM annually, and this is not minuting as having been reviewed. — page 4
The Policy also says that certain expenses ‘should be raised with the trustees as the next meeting’ – there are no payments at all approved at meetings that are recorded within the minutes. — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
31/12/2024£171k£181k
31/12/2023£186k£178k
31/12/2022£104k£131k
31/12/2021£112k£114k
31/12/2020£81k£74k

Common questions

Is LINGWOOD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £159,629.39 against total expenditure of £169,597.29, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The charity holds total liquid assets of £47,314.11 across current and deposit accounts, providing a buffer against the reported financial challenges.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government07/11/2018£5kALB-Sport England-Petanque Terrain Extension & Temporary Lighting
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2005£5kDisability Access