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THE HEATHFIELD VILLAGE INSTITUTE AND GOWARD HALL

Registered charity 305251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a venue for use of local clubs and groups to meet and hold events.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HEATHFIELD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING 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: THE PARISH OF HEATHFIELD

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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Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£19k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £16,153 for the year ended 31 December 2024, increasing unrestricted funds to £511,717. The trustees report no major risks identified that have not been insured against and confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The charity employs no staff and relies on a management committee for governance.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£35k£19k
31/12/2023£27k£22k
31/12/2022£23k£12k
31/12/2021£18k£12k
31/12/2020£24k£7k

Common questions

Is THE HEATHFIELD VILLAGE INSTITUTE AND GOWARD HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £16,153 for the year ended 31 December 2024, increasing unrestricted funds to £511,717. The trustees report no major risks identified that have not been insured against and confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The charity employs no staff and relies on a management committee for governance. Its FY2024 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 Fund10/05/2012£8kMain hall insulation