HACHESTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 304756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities for local residents and the surrounding communities including a toddler group, yoga, keep fit, art club, ballet, karate, heart rehab and social events. Facilities for the general public to hire for private functions and for special interest groups. Efforts are made to keep charges reasonable for local people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a surplus for the year, though this has plateaued at just above £6,000. The Trustees anticipate a deficit for the upcoming year due to exceptional expenditure on battery storage, repainting, and legal fees for converting to a CIO, which is expected to reduce overall funds to around £30,000. Despite these challenges and the need to replace key personnel, the Trustees remain confident in the hall's viability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
underpinned by our core regular hirers and the successful resident events organised by the Volunteer group. — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Hacheston United Charities (HUC) holds the freehold/lease of the land; trustees are negotiating with HUC regarding asset disposal and lease extensions.
No progress has been made with HUC in acquiring either the freehold or extending the lease term for the land upon which both Fairfield Green and the hall are located. Several meetings were held with HUC and HPC in 2024 to try and progress the matter and it has been left in the hands of HUC to come to a decision about committing some funds to obtain legal fee estimates for disposing of their assets. — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£44k£44k
31/03/2025£38k£31k
31/03/2024£37k£30k
31/03/2023£30k£25k
31/03/2022£18k£21k

Common questions

Is HACHESTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a surplus for the year, though this has plateaued at just above £6,000. The Trustees anticipate a deficit for the upcoming year due to exceptional expenditure on battery storage, repainting, and legal fees for converting to a CIO, which is expected to reduce overall funds to around £30,000. Despite these challenges and the need to replace key personnel, the Trustees remain confident in the hall's viability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2007£14kHacheston - New Village Hall