WIGGENHALL ST GERMANS MEMORIAL HALL AND PLAYING FIELD

Registered charity 304116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGGENHALL ST GERMANS AND DISTRICT MEMORIAL HALL

Manage the provision of facilities and space for community activities

Objects

(A) A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF WIGGENHALL SAINT GERMANS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, INCLUDING USE FOR:(I) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(II) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION; AND(B) A PLAYING FIELD FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: WIGGENHALL ST GERMANS AND 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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Latest income

£109k

Latest spending

£126k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

Per the audit report, the charity experienced a significantly lower cash position at the bank for 2025, with the auditor noting it was unclear if the resulting loss for the year was a one-off occurrence. The audit highlighted several accounting clarity issues, including unmatched utility bills and unidentified income sources, though it concluded there were no major concerns with the accounts as provided.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The document notes 'unusual behaviour' in utility billing and 'unmatched bills' requiring clarification, but does not explicitly state a serious internal control failure or regulator engagement.

“Utilities – it was noted that there appears to be some unusual behaviour in relation to the way the water and electricity service providers bill the Hall and the management team should investigate to clarify what is happening. There were unusual credit postings and unmatched bills.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Per Pro Services Ltd. 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARY HARNEYchair
ANNE PRISCILLA ASH · trustee of 2 other charities
DIANE WINTER
George Rawlings
Katherine White
Margaret Blackburn
Michael Lewis
Mikayla Coote
Natasha Godfrey
ROBYN PRESS
TONI CLARKSTONE

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£109k	£126k
29/02/2024	£39k	£30k
28/02/2023	£10k	£10k
28/02/2022	£23k	£19k
28/02/2021	£12k	£7k

Common questions

Is WIGGENHALL ST GERMANS MEMORIAL HALL AND PLAYING FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: Per the audit report, the charity experienced a significantly lower cash position at the bank for 2025, with the auditor noting it was unclear if the resulting loss for the year was a one-off occurrence. The audit highlighted several accounting clarity issues, including unmatched utility bills and unidentified income sources, though it concluded there were no major concerns with the accounts as provided. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Per Pro Services Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/04/2012	£10k	Enabling the Disabled

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£27k
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEM TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LTD.

WEM TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LTD income £257k
GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST income £154k
PUBLIC MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £82k
SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL income £163k
HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON income £1.1m
THE WHITMINSTER VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD CHARITY income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIGGENHALL ST GERMANS MEMORIAL HALL AND PLAYING FIELD	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEM TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LTD FY2025	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST FY2025	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PUBLIC MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2024	£82k	—	unclear	—	noted
SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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