WOOTTON BASSETT MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 305598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall for the use of inhabitants of Wootton Bassett and surrounding neighbourhoods for use for meetings, lectures, celebrations, classes and recreation.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: WOOTTON BASSETT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£69k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,857 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted fund balances from £65,812 to £62,120. The trustees note that limited hiring income and increasing expenditure present a challenge, with a focus on developing sophisticated budgeting and applying for external grant funding to bring the budget into balance.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Government income: £23,392 — grants £23,392 (23,392); 36% of the £65,849 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 5

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£66k	£69k
31/12/2024	£104k	£50k
31/12/2023	£42k	£47k
31/12/2022	£40k	£49k
31/12/2021	£52k	£42k

Common questions

Is WOOTTON BASSETT MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,857 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted fund balances from £65,812 to £62,120. The trustees note that limited hiring income and increasing expenditure present a challenge, with a focus on developing sophisticated budgeting and applying for external grant funding to bring the budget into balance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WOOTTON BASSETT MEMORIAL HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOOTTON BASSETT MEMORIAL HALL as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FIRST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FIRST	FY2025	amount not stated	Landfill Community Funds Grant
COMMUNITY FIRST	FY2026	amount not stated	Landfill Community Funds and Solar Energy Community Funds Grant

Charities like this

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

VILLAGE HALL income £34k
WATTON VILLAGE HALL (KNOWN AS QUEEN'S HALL) income £38k
ROSSINGTON MEMORIAL HALL income £40k
SIR JOHN BRUNNER BARNTON MEMORIAL HALL income £34k
WHITTLESFORD MEMORIAL HALL income £50k
THE WATMOUGH MEMORIAL HALL income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOOTTON BASSETT MEMORIAL HALL	£66k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WATTON VILLAGE HALL (KNOWN AS QUEEN'S HALL) FY2024	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROSSINGTON MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£40k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SIR JOHN BRUNNER BARNTON MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITTLESFORD MEMORIAL HALL FY2026	£50k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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