STOCK AND BRADLEY VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 523102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to promote and facilitate community spirit, health & well-being to those individuals and organizations linked to the rural village of Stock & Bradley Green

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, LECTURES, CLASSES, RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF STOCK AND BRADLEY AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF STOCK AND BRADLEY

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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Registered contact address: Wychavon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £1,825.89 and a year-end cash balance of £32,220.50. The trustees confirm that free reserves are above their stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity is considered a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wychavon District Council — “Thank you for your major contribution to the purchase of a new front door and emergency exits in 2024.” (source page)
• Ratcliff Foundation — “Thank you for supporting our acquisition of the new Audio-Visual system in 2023.” (source page)
• National Lottery Fund 'Awards for all' — “Thank you for your support and fundraising over the decades which has facilitated the purchase of furniture and other items.” (source page)
• defra 'Rural Enterprise Scheme' — “Thank you for your major funding of the new Audio-Visual system in 2023.” (source page)
• National Lottery 'Big lottery fund' — “Thank you for your major contribution to fund the extension constructed to the rear of the building in 2005.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Roger Paskchair
• Keith Lawrence
• Nichola Dean

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRADLEY TRUST.

• THE BRADLEY TRUST income £58k
• SEWARDS END VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £38k
• BIDDULPH MOOR VILLAGE HALL income £36k
• STOCKTON-ON-FOREST VILLAGE HALL income £31k
• CROYDE VILLAGE HALL income £26k
• BURTON GREEN VILLAGE HALL income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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