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.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LINGWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income

£196k

Latest spending

£192k

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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Phillip Henrychair
Carl Johnson
Dr Selwyn Stephen D'Souza
Lisa Cushing
Peter Garczynski
Peter Miles Daines
Victoria Jane Millou

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£196k	£192k
31/12/2024	£171k	£181k
31/12/2023	£186k	£178k
31/12/2022	£104k	£131k
31/12/2021	£112k	£114k

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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	07/11/2018	£5k	ALB-Sport England-Petanque Terrain Extension & Temporary Lighting
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2005	£5k	Disability Access

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KIRDFORD VILLAGE HALL.

THE KIRDFORD VILLAGE HALL income £8k
THE LANGTON GREEN VILLAGE HALL income £118k
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES income £29k
UPPER BEEDING AND BRAMBER VILLAGE HALL income £43k
ST NEWLYN EAST VILLAGE HALL income £158k
WALTON VILLAGE HALL WETHERBY income £53k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LINGWOOD VILLAGE HALL	£196k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KIRDFORD VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£8k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LANGTON GREEN VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2024	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UPPER BEEDING AND BRAMBER VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£43k	—	above	—	noted
ST NEWLYN EAST VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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