BETLEY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 510948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing facilities of a hall for use by the inhabitants of Betley and surrounding villages without distinction of sex, race or religion. In particular for use of meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the aim of improving the life style of local people

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BETLEY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR 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: BETLEY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £53,406.43, which is in excess of its stated policy minimums of £8,000 for the General Fund and £25,000 for the Reserve Fund. The trustees report a net revenue surplus of £1,486.04 for the year, indicating that current income covers current expenditure without depleting capital reserves.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Kingchair
• Anthony Turner
• CHRISTINE Hawksley Mrs
• Christine Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Douglas Dunn
• JUDITH BETTLEY-SMITH
• Joanne Hales
• Kevin Locke
• Linda Susan McDonald
• Melanie Dunn
• RICHARD HEAD
• Rebecca Annette Fletcher
• Sarah Frances Preston
• Susan Elizabeth Owen

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

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Government & lottery funding

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