NEW LONGTON VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 508143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VILLAGE INSTITUTE FOR NEW LONGTON AND HUTTON

The charity provides and maintains a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of the local areas for meetings, classes and various kinds of recreation and to support community life. Currently there are 14 groups and classes which meet regularly and on a weekly basis - throughout the day and in the evening.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF NEW LONGTON AND HUTTON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL OR 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 CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: THE PARISHES OF NEW LONGTON AND HUTTON

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£36k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a loss of £9,953.55 for the year, with total expenditure of £44,680.58 exceeding income of £34,727.03. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts represent an accurate record of the financial position, noting that major decorating projects had put a hole in the funds.

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
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding 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 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 6% of the £35,000 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 1

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Johnson
BERNARD KERSHAW
David Hodgkinson
Jean Rigby
John Boulton
Judith Kay
Julie Sharples Mrs
MARGARET KEARNS
Paul Blackett

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£37k	£36k
31/03/2025	£35k	£45k
31/03/2024	£31k	£30k
31/03/2023	£29k	£26k
31/03/2022	£22k	£16k

Common questions

Is NEW LONGTON VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a loss of £9,953.55 for the year, with total expenditure of £44,680.58 exceeding income of £34,727.03. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts represent an accurate record of the financial position, noting that major decorating projects had put a hole in the funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEW LONGTON VILLAGE HALL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW LONGTON VILLAGE HALL as a grant recipient include THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	FY2024	Unverified read£2k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	FY2023	£1k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	FY2022	£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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	22/09/2005	£5k	Heater replacements

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GARVESTONE VILLAGE HALL (NEW BUILD) LTD.

GARVESTONE VILLAGE HALL (NEW BUILD) LTD income £28k
TODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL income £32k
THE CHITTLEHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL income £25k
ELLOUGHTON VILLAGE HALL income £52k
HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £23k
LECKHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEW LONGTON VILLAGE HALL	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GARVESTONE VILLAGE HALL (NEW BUILD) LTD FY2025	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TODDINGTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHITTLEHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£25k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ELLOUGHTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HUNTINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£23k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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