CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 523029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOURTON AND CHERINGTON VILLAGE HALL, STOURTON VILLAGE HALL, VILLAGE HALL

THE TRUST DEED STATES "THE TRUST PROPERTY SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF STOURTON, CHERINGTON, SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES & THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS & IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES, ENTERTAINMENT & DANCES OR AS A CLUB OR READING ROOM.

Objects

VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: STOURTON,CHERINGTON,SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES & NEIGHOURHOOD

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £985,704, with £164,735 freely available. The charity reported a surplus for the year of £67,094, driven significantly by incoming resources of £104,805 against total expenditure of £37,711. The trustees review financial position regularly to ensure sufficient reserves are held to meet foreseeable liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves are held to meet any foreseeable liabilities and commitments (held: £165k)
“The trustees regularly review the company's financial position to ensure that sufficient reserves are held to meet any foreseeable liabilities and commitments.” — page 4
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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£580k
Total spending
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£103k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~36.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£105k£38k
31/03/2024£580k£34k
31/03/2023£31k£21k
31/03/2022£40k£19k
31/03/2021£31k£13k

Common questions

Is CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at £985,704, with £164,735 freely available. The charity reported a surplus for the year of £67,094, driven significantly by incoming resources of £104,805 against total expenditure of £37,711. The trustees review financial position regularly to ensure sufficient reserves are held to meet foreseeable liabilities. 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 Fund15/10/2015£540kCherington, Stourton, Sutton Under Brailes Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund14/11/2014£2kCherington, Stourton, Sutton Under Brailes Village Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2006£5kTo evaluate viability of constructing a new village hall

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONG SUTTON VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHERINGTON STOURTON SUTTON-UNDER-BRAILES VILLAGE HALL£105k—0unclear—no doubt
LONG SUTTON VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
BEECH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2024£29k—0unclear—no doubt
SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£109k—0above—no doubt
HITCHIN TOWN HALL GYMNASIUM AND WORKMAN'S HALL TRUST FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt

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