VILLAGE HALL COMPTON BASSETT

Registered charity 305495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Staged productions, Film Nights, Village Fete, Toddlers and various other clubs, Band practise, parties and wedding receptions.

Objects

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS LIBRARY LECTURES CLASSES RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF COMPTON BASSETT AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF COMPTON BASSETT

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
£29k
Latest spending
£22k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts report a profit of £6,000 for the year, though the internal examiner notes potential tax liabilities and advises considering the organization's policy on profit handling. Significant discrepancies exist between the asset register and the balance sheet, with an uncorrected error from the previous year and inconsistent recording of asset purchases. The examiner recommends implementing mitigations such as writing off assets within the purchase year and ensuring consistent accounting approaches.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£29k£22k
31/03/2025£31k£32k
31/03/2024£22k£28k
31/03/2023£26k£48k
31/03/2022£24k£17k

Common questions

Is VILLAGE HALL COMPTON BASSETT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts report a profit of £6,000 for the year, though the internal examiner notes potential tax liabilities and advises considering the organization's policy on profit handling. Significant discrepancies exist between the asset register and the balance sheet, with an uncorrected error from the previous year and inconsistent recording of asset purchases. The examiner recommends implementing mitigations such as writing off assets within the purchase year and ensuring consistent accounting approaches. Its FY2026 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 Fund23/03/2020£2kCompton Bassett Films
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2018£10kReplacement roof
The National Lottery Community Fund16/03/2009£6kImproved Disabled and General Parking
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2005£5kDisabled toilet/washroom facility