BECKLEY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 305168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BECKLEY VILLAGE CENTRE

The charity maintains Beckley Village Centre for the local community.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BECKLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: BECKLEY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £32,602 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven largely by grants totaling £34,978. Total funds carried forward increased to £413,096, with unrestricted funds at £11,350 and designated funds at £12,530. The trustees note that fundraising is still required as rental income covers just over half of the hall's costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• TINA ANN LANGMEADchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Catherine Penney
• GAIL BROOKS
• JILL BRAIN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lauren Dobson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marion Goddard
• Nicholas Shaun Chillingworth
• Patricia Mary Lamplugh
• Sarah Jane Batehup
• Stephanie Diane Bloomfield

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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