WILLASTON MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 520090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLASTON WAR MEMORIAL HALL AND INSTITUTE

Manages a hall for the benefit of the village of Willaston CH64

Objects

VILLAGE HALL AND INSTITUTE

Area of benefit: VILLAGE OF WILLASTON

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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Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£29k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an income of £31,381 against expenditure of £28,920, resulting in a surplus of £2,461 which was added to reserves. The trustees report that reserves stood at £56,391, held to fund future major refurbishment or development of the Hall, with no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: regular hires

“Income for the year was £31,381 comprising £22,543 from regular hires, £6,999 from ‘one-off’ hires, £670 from fundraising events and £1,168 interest.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: fund future major refurbishment/development of the Hall (held: £56k)

“The charity’s reserves are held to fund future major refurbishment/development of the Hall.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Mary Joneschair
Brian Daniel Greenhalgh
CHRISTOPHER SIMON WELLS
DOREEN ELIZABETH FRANCEY
Dylan Sion Roberts
Ian Marshall Corcoran
Jackie Jenkins
James Frederick Goodwin
Lisa Jeanette Nicholls
Paul Thomas Cox
SHEENA CHALMERS
VALERIE ANN FISHER

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£31k	£29k
31/12/2024	£33k	£32k
31/12/2023	£31k	£23k
31/12/2022	£26k	£20k
31/12/2021	£18k	£17k

Common questions

Is WILLASTON MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an income of £31,381 against expenditure of £28,920, resulting in a surplus of £2,461 which was added to reserves. The trustees report that reserves stood at £56,391, held to fund future major refurbishment or development of the Hall, with no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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	09/12/2015	£3k	The improvement of the Willaston Memorial Hall facilities
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2005	£4k	Re-equipping following extension and restoration