LADY ALICE MEMORIAL RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 304552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the inhabitants of the Parish of Hatch Beauchamp for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life.

Objects

PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HATCH BEAUCHAMP.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HATCH BEAUCHAMP

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£45k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus and total cash funds of £53,164. The trustees report no material deficits and note an increase in the use of the village hall. The charity's reserves policy is stated only as an endeavor to increase reserves through fundraising activities, with no specific target amount or duration defined.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Trustees have endeavoured to increase our reserves this year by running a number of fund raising activities. (held: £53k)
“The Trustees have endeavoured to increase our reserves this year by running a number of fund raising activities.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hatch Beauchamp Village Hall (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£45k£18k
31/12/2024£38k£34k
31/12/2023£107k£140k
31/12/2022£24k£25k
31/12/2021£30k£16k

Common questions

Is LADY ALICE MEMORIAL RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus and total cash funds of £53,164. The trustees report no material deficits and note an increase in the use of the village hall. The charity's reserves policy is stated only as an endeavor to increase reserves through fundraising activities, with no specific target amount or duration defined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2025£20kVillage Play Equipment
UK government01/07/2023£19kPlatinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund
Somerset Community Foundation05/12/2022£425Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£2kThe Village Hall - refurbish/extend or build a new hall