LOWDHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST

Registered charity 522240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS

To offer the use of the Village Hall to anybody for a nominal hire fee.

Objects

1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, ANDB) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION,WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING HE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LOWDHAM 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.

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Latest income
£58k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £35,554.12 in income and incurred £34,291.59 in expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are held in interest-bearing accounts to cover one year of activity and liabilities, with no stated reserves policy target based on months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year (held: £3k)
“The Trustee ensures that enough funds are held in reserve to be able to continue the present level of activity for a period of one year, in the event of other sources ceasing and to be able to pay all liabilities arising in the event of the charity ceasing to exist.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£58k£38k
31/03/2024£62k£43k
31/03/2023£65k£31k
31/03/2022£45k£40k
31/03/2021£62k£52k

Common questions

Is LOWDHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £35,554.12 in income and incurred £34,291.59 in expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are held in interest-bearing accounts to cover one year of activity and liabilities, with no stated reserves policy target based on months of expenditure.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2019£10kstage extention, replacement film projector and screen
The National Lottery Community Fund09/07/2014£10kRefurbishment of kitchen in Lowdham Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2012£10kReplace heating system, Lowdham Village Hall