KING EDWARD VII INSTITUTE

Registered charity 305234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROOMBRIDGE VILLAGE HALL

The charity provides the Groombridge Village Hall to meet the needs of the local community and especially all who hire the hall, participate in activities taking place, and attend events there. We aim to provide for an increased and wider range of activities for all ages, with a view to combating social exclusion and without distinction of political, religious or other opinion.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF GROOMBRIDGE IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF WITHYHAM

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £49,168, which falls within its stated policy target of £45,000 to £90,000. The charity reported a net deficit for the year of £9,935, primarily due to depreciation and the replacement of the New Hall floor using insurance proceeds. Total net assets stood at £626,771, with the trustees confirming that liquid assets and working capital ensure the hall can meet its obligations for the next 12 months.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Arnold Howell
• Deborah Miller
• Kathleen Ellen Phillips
• Richard Lewis Thirkell
• TONY BOSSONS ACA

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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