HARBURY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 522932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Harbury Village hall provides a facility for the futherance of sporting, cultural, social and artistic activity and community life within the village.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: HARBURY AND 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

£44k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £755,862, with free reserves of £112,765, which the trustees intend to maintain at a level equivalent to twice the underlying annual running costs. The charity reported a surplus for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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: Hall Hire (76% of income)

“£33,531 of income (2024: £29,633) came from the hire of the hall.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: twice the underlying annual running costs plus the balance of any restricted funds (held: £113k)

“We intend to maintain our reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to twice the underlying annual running costs plus the balance of any restricted funds.”

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

CELIA NEILL
Claire McGurk
David Andrew Gimson
Gordon Douglas Robbins
Jane Margaret Haggitt
John Bright
KEITH THOMPSON
Pamela Keane
Stephen Friling

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£44k	£38k
31/12/2024	£41k	£37k
31/12/2023	£48k	£34k
31/12/2022	£35k	£35k
31/12/2021	£176k	£33k

Common questions

Is HARBURY VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £755,862, with free reserves of £112,765, which the trustees intend to maintain at a level equivalent to twice the underlying annual running costs. The charity reported a surplus for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	15/09/2023	£10k	Harbury Village Hall Projector
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/11/2011	£10k	Village Hall refurb & ext with reduced energy costs & lower carbon footprin
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2006	£5k	Upgrade of heating and redecoration of hall