ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 520008 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VILLAGE HALL

Maintenance of a Village Hall for community use.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ASTBURY AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

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: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £857,003, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £14,222 for the year, with total income of £47,833 against total expenditure of £33,611, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £857k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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

JOHN ROBERT HULSEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
BRENDA COOK · trustee of 1 other charity
CAROLE GOODWIN · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Anne Edmunds
Jean Nadin
Melanie Lawton
Sally Brightwell
Sean Harrop
Victoria Dawson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£48k	£34k
31/12/2024	£48k	£34k
31/12/2023	£45k	£43k
31/12/2022	£35k	£33k
31/12/2021	£33k	£24k

Common questions

Is ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £857,003, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £14,222 for the year, with total income of £47,833 against total expenditure of £33,611, indicating strong financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN LANDS CHARITY	1	£6k

Charities like this

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

GREAT EASTON VILLAGE HALL income £44k
CLAVERHAM VILLAGE HALL income £76k
STINCHCOMBE VILLAGE HALL income £27k
THE UPTON VILLAGE HALL income £36k
ASTON VILLAGE SOCIETY VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE income £27k
WOODBURY VILLAGE HALL income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASTBURY VILLAGE HALL	£48k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT EASTON VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£44k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLAVERHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£76k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STINCHCOMBE VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£27k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE UPTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASTON VILLAGE SOCIETY VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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