ASHTEAD PEACE MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 304968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Three rooms plus kitchen, servery, stage; and bar, providing facilities for: Meetings; Dinners; Dancing; Theatre; Exhibitions; etc.

Objects

THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ASHTEAD

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

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

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£117k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets stood at £3,302,466, with unrestricted bank balances of £148,466. The charity maintains a stated reserves policy target of £50,000, which is fully covered by its general contingency reserve. The trustees report that finances remain very strong despite a small operating deficit driven by one-off maintenance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £50,000 (held: £142k)

“The Trustees have decided to maintain a general contingency reserve of approximately six months expenditure to cover the risk that the Hall must close for a period; for the present they have decided on £50,000.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

JANE HILEYchair
Derek Henry George Harwood
Gerard Charles Sevenoaks
Harriet Dorothy Steel
Margaret Ryan
Nigel Joseph Arch
Oliver Charles Edward Thornton
Pamela Eileen Ventham-Smith
Patricia Sylvia Reynolds
Pauline Score
Philip Geoffrey Davies
RAY CANE
Rachel Pearson
Scott Christopher McPherson
Sheila Ann Hatcher
Tanya Jane Agnes Maria McArthur · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£122k	£117k
31/12/2024	£161k	£121k
31/12/2023	£105k	£85k
31/12/2022	£91k	£106k
31/12/2021	£75k	£86k

Common questions

Is ASHTEAD PEACE MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets stood at £3,302,466, with unrestricted bank balances of £148,466. The charity maintains a stated reserves policy target of £50,000, which is fully covered by its general contingency reserve. The trustees report that finances remain very strong despite a small operating deficit driven by one-off maintenance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAR MEMORIAL HALL AND INSTITUTE.

WAR MEMORIAL HALL AND INSTITUTE income £121k
EIGHT ASH GREEN VILLAGE HALL income £609k
SPOTTISWOODE MEMORIAL HALL, OTHERWISE THE WAR AND SPOTTISWOODE MEMORIAL HALL income £96k
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES income £29k
HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST income £106k
SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASHTEAD PEACE MEMORIAL HALL	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WAR MEMORIAL HALL AND INSTITUTE FY2025	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EIGHT ASH GREEN VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£609k	—	above	—	no doubt
SPOTTISWOODE MEMORIAL HALL, OTHERWISE THE WAR AND SPOTTISWOODE MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£96k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2024	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST FY2025	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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