SOUTH HEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 305309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Village Hall

Objects

VILLAGE HALL.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF SOUTH HEITHTON, AND DENTON AND TARRING NEVILLE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £3,468.94 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £31,438.62 and total expenditure of £27,969.68. The balance sheet shows total assets of £92,512.36, represented by a capital fund of £74,302.76 and a general fund of £7,777.70. The accounts do not disclose any specific reserves policy target, only stating that reserves are used for maintaining and improving the village hall.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves are used for maintaining & improving the village hall and to pay for necessary items to support the events we put on for the local community. (reserves figure: £78k)

“Reserves are used for maintaining & improving the village hall and to pay for necessary items to support the events we put on for the local community.” — page 5

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Heighton BOnfire Society (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

ROGER SCARLESchair
CLARE ELIZABETH DICKINS
Louise Kate Baxter
Norah Ann Bessant
Phillipa Dawn McTiffen
SOPHIA CLARE THORPE

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£31k	£28k
31/03/2025	£28k	£39k
31/03/2024	£51k	£32k
31/03/2023	£31k	£27k
31/03/2022	£14k	£14k

Common questions

Is SOUTH HEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £3,468.94 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £31,438.62 and total expenditure of £27,969.68. The balance sheet shows total assets of £92,512.36, represented by a capital fund of £74,302.76 and a general fund of £7,777.70. The accounts do not disclose any specific reserves policy target, only stating that reserves are used for maintaining and improving the village hall.

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
THE ASDA FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SULHAMSTEAD AND UFTON VILLAGE HALL.

SULHAMSTEAD AND UFTON VILLAGE HALL income £32k
SARRATT VILLAGE HALL income £65k
SHEERING VILLAGE HALL income £43k
EARL SOHAM VILLAGE HALL income £37k
FILLEIGH VILLAGE HALL income £45k
ROXTON PARISH HALL income £46k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH HEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL	£31k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SULHAMSTEAD AND UFTON VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£32k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SARRATT VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£65k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEERING VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EARL SOHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£37k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FILLEIGH VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£45k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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