PEMBRIDGE VILLAGE INSTITUTE

Registered charity 503020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEMBRIDGE VILLAGE HALL

Pembridge Village Institute runs Pembridge Parish Hall, the village hall for Pembridge and the surrounding parish. We keep the hall in good repair and open to everyone. Local groups and residents hire it for classes, clubs, meetings, parties and family occasions. We also run our own programme: a monthly film night, screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from the Met, the Royal Ballet and Opera an

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF PEMBRIDGE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF PEMBRIDGE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £6,804 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with unrestricted cash funds of £6,804 held at year-end. The trustees report a bank balance of £61,032 and note that the charity's income exceeded £25,000, requiring an independent examination of the accounts. The trustees consider the financial position stable, with reserves managed to cover unforeseen emergencies and future renovations.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery — “We are absolutely thrilled and deeply grateful to announce that our Parish Hall Fitness class has been awarded National Lottery funding. Thi…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Malcolm Craigchair
• Barry Temple-Purcell
• Jeanette Owen
• Stanley Young · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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