CHAPEL SAINT LEONARDS VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 521909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting community development, encouraging involvement, and participation in activities within the benefit area. Providing and securing the provision of social, cultural and recreational facilities and practical assistance for the public of all ages and abilities. Reflecting the changing needs and interests of the public, in the wider community, in a social and economically deprived area.

Objects

FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHAPEL SAINT LEONARDS AND THE 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: CHAPEL SAINT LEONARDS 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Lindsey, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£45k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the village hall operated with a net surplus for the year, as total income of £58,670.92 exceeded total expenditure of £58,069.29. The charity holds minimal free reserves, with a closing bank and cash balance of £5,156.98 and a separate reserve account balance of £0.52. The trustees have not disclosed a specific reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 28/02/2026

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £5,534 — contracts £300 (1), grants £5,234 (2); 11% of the £51,599 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £600 — contracts £600 (2); 1% of the £41,773 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £250 — contracts £250 (1); under 1% of the £40,340 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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2023 (received 31/12/2023, 3 days after the 28/12/2023 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: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2026£52k£45k
28/02/2025£42k£32k
29/02/2024£40k£51k
28/02/2023£41k£61k
28/02/2022£29k£24k

Common questions

Is CHAPEL SAINT LEONARDS VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the village hall operated with a net surplus for the year, as total income of £58,670.92 exceeded total expenditure of £58,069.29. The charity holds minimal free reserves, with a closing bank and cash balance of £5,156.98 and a separate reserve account balance of £0.52. The trustees have not disclosed a specific reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/04/2025£14knew roof to Village Hall
UK government14/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2019£10kBYTES & BITES
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2009£2kNew for Old

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHAPEL SAINT LEONARDS VILLAGE HALL£52k—0unclear—no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2025£15k—0above—no doubt
MAY HILL VILLAGE HALL FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
WILSDEN VILLAGE HALL FY2026£97k—0unclear—no doubt
LANE END VILLAGE HALL FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
VILLAGE CLUB FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt

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