GREAT BEDWYN PLAYINGFIELD AND VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 305520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEDWYN MEMORIAL PLAYING FIELD AND VILLAGE HALL

The Bedwyn Memorial Playing Field & Village Hall Charity owns & manages two plots of land in Great Bedwyn on which are housed all the main sports,recreational facilities & village hall.The village hall is used extensively by affiliated organisations and for private hire. The hire rates are some of the cheapest in Wiltshire.

Objects

PURPOSES OF A PLAYINGFIELD AND VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: GREAT BEDWYN AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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 ended the financial year with net assets of £49,122, representing a significant decrease from the previous year's £46,590 due to a deficit. The primary source of income is hall bookings and property rental, supplemented by fundraising events. The trustees report that the bank balance remains positive, indicating current liquidity despite the operational loss.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• KARINA NICHOLSONchair
• Andrew Mark Oliver
• MR K CHALLEN
• Rob Braybrooke

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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