SNAILBEACH VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 502033 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MAINTENANCE OF VILLAGE HALL AND PLAY AREA

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL 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 HEATH WARD IN THE PARISH OF WORTHEN AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: THE HEATH WARD OF THE PARISH OF WORTHEN.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£12k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £23,351.92 for the year, resulting in a closing bank balance of £51,096.29. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are held above the stated minimum contingency requirement of £12,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants & Fund raising (70% of income)

“Grants & Fund raising- £25,117” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £12,000 minimum required savings for contingency (held: £51k)

“Leaving AVAILABLE Balance of £18,580, of which £12,000 is our minimum required savings for contingency.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

LARA SPROSON-JONES
Pamela Bickley

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/10/2025	£39k	£12k
30/10/2024	£10k	£10k
30/10/2023	£7k	£10k
30/10/2022	£8k	£15k
30/09/2021	£24k	£9k

Common questions

Is SNAILBEACH VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £23,351.92 for the year, resulting in a closing bank balance of £51,096.29. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are held above the stated minimum contingency requirement of £12,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/08/2005	£2k	Kitchen Replacement
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/03/2000	£5k	"A project to provide restoration and a community celebration of a lead mine one of the largest in Europe and part of the communities heritag"