BISHOPSWOOD VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 522610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Bishops Wood Village Hall

Maintenance and upkeep of the Village Hall which is to benefit the local community by providing a venue for a variety of social activities.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: BISHOPS WOOD AND ITS IMMEDIATE 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
£62k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £67,293 to £65,373, while total net assets increased slightly to £224,065. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Governance costs were limited to independent examination fees, with no trustee remuneration or related party transactions disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level to enable the village hall to continue to operate through any periods of unforseen reduced income and to carry out ongoing maintenance and repair work (held: £65k)
“General reserves are maintained at a level to enable the village hall to continue to operate through any periods of unforseen reduced income and to carry out ongoing maintenance and repair work.”
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

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£62k£61k
31/12/2024£38k£42k
31/12/2023£47k£50k
31/12/2022£55k£50k
31/12/2021£49k£38k

Common questions

Is BISHOPSWOOD VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £67,293 to £65,373, while total net assets increased slightly to £224,065. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Governance costs were limited to independent examination fees, with no trustee remuneration or related party transactions disclosed. Its FY2025 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 Fund16/01/2020£10kSTORE ROOM AND KITCHEN EXTENSION
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2007£9kBishopswood Village Hall Improvement Project 2007