TOWNSEND HALL

Registered charity 522997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Townsend Hall is a community hall in the centre of Shipston on Stour, a market town in South Warwickshire, close to the borders with Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. There are two halls, the larger of which includes stage facilities, as well as a bar and refreshment area.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHIPSTON ON STOUR.

Area of benefit: SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £2,164,575 to £2,182,713, reflecting a net incoming resource of £11,322 for the year. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £2,182,713 against total assets of £2,182,713, with no disclosed reserves policy target or expenditure figures to calculate a policy-based comparison.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clifford Faulkner · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID SQUIRES · trustee of 2 other charities
• GEOFF RIDGWAY
• JENNIFER RUTH GLOVER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Justine Michaela Taylor
• Mark Beaumont · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER LUMLEY JOHNSON
• RICHARD SALISBURY TAYLOR · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions