BROWNES HALL

Registered charity 304266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARTERTON & BB VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, CARTERTON AND BLACK BOURTON VILLAGE HALL

We operate and maintain the village hall buildings for the use of the public and organisations within the area of Carterton and surrounding villages.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BLACK BOURTON 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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net profit of £6,862 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves increasing to £35,032. The trustees note that reserves are recovering after previous losses and intend to build the General Reserve to cover at least three months of running costs. The property account incurred a loss of £2,257, which was offset by the general account surplus.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kim Avril Woodchair
• David John Wesson
• Dr ALWYN GRIFFITHS
• Gary John Rowbotham
• Michele Mead
• Sarah Louise Evans
• Trevor Butler
• Yona Lois Barrett

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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