HOOLE VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 521254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of facilities for the benefit of local residents including use of village hall for general meetings, social, leisure, educational, recreation and sporting activities plus outdoor Tennis Courts and Bowling Green.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: MUCH HOOLE AND LITTLE HOOLE, LANCAHSIRE AND THE SURROUNDING 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 · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased from £103,437 to £126,207 during the period. The charity holds a Village Hall asset valued at £734,366 and has an SRBC loan liability of £123,910. The independent examiner noted no matters causing reasonable cause to believe requirements were not met, though suggested a taxation review and better income collection.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Village Hall Income (74% of income)
“Village Hall Income 55,970 - 55,970 52,847” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The examiner suggested the charity undertakes a taxation review and annually reviews its income from various sources and seeks to collect monies due on a timely basis.
“It is suggested the charity undertakes a taxation review. It is suggested the charity annually reviews its income from various sources and seeks to collect monies due on a timely basis.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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 30/04/2026

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £8,650 — grants £8,650 (1); 12% of the £74,982 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2023 (received 26/05/2024, 87 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 04/04/2023, 35 days after the 28/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2026£76k£53k
30/04/2025£71k£56k
30/04/2024£75k£56k
30/04/2023£85k£46k
30/04/2022£129k£91k

Common questions

Is HOOLE VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased from £103,437 to £126,207 during the period. The charity holds a Village Hall asset valued at £734,366 and has an SRBC loan liability of £123,910. The independent examiner noted no matters causing reasonable cause to believe requirements were not met, though suggested a taxation review and better income collection. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOOLE VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL?

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

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITYFY2022£1k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOOLE VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL£76k——unclear—no doubt
HAMBLE VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt
HALE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£51k—0above—no doubt
WAR MEMORIAL HALL FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
WOOL VILLAGE HALL FY2024£32k—0below—no doubt
GRAZELEY VILLAGE MEMORIAL HALL FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt

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