GREAT BARTON THANKSGIVING FUND

Registered charity 304885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT BARTON VILLAGE HALL

ARTS, CULTURE, SPORTS & RECREATION.

Objects

RECREATION GROUND AND PLAYING FIELD.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF GREAT BARTON AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a financial surplus of £4,111 from total income of £32,308, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £85,506. The trustees have earmarked £30,000 as a Contingency Reserve and £46,000 for a Maintenance/Repair/Building Fund. The charity relies on volunteer work for routine operations, noting that without this commitment it would struggle to exist.

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 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£32k£28k
31/10/2024£31k£31k
31/10/2023£28k£31k
31/10/2022£21k£28k
31/10/2021£26k£23k

Common questions

Is GREAT BARTON THANKSGIVING FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a financial surplus of £4,111 from total income of £32,308, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £85,506. The trustees have earmarked £30,000 as a Contingency Reserve and £46,000 for a Maintenance/Repair/Building Fund. The charity relies on volunteer work for routine operations, noting that without this commitment it would struggle to exist. 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 Heritage Fund22/07/2005£195"This Group Will Use Their Award To Hold A Ve Day Celebration To Mark The 60th Anniversary Of The End Of The Second World War."
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2005£3kParty with Live Band To play 1940's Dance Music
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2005£5kFire retardant curtains