HOOD MEMORIAL HALL

Registered charity 524336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Management and maintenance of the Hood Memorial Hall charity for the use of meetings, lectures, classes and forms of recreation and leisure time and occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the community.

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Latest income

£205k

Latest spending

£299k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in robust financial health with a surplus balance in excess of £80,000 at the end of the reporting period. The independent examiner confirmed that the trustees are fully able to pay bills and meet all liabilities as they fall due. The charity operates with no staff and maintains receipts and payments accounts consistent with its accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The document notes past lapses in financial management identified in the 2019-20 report, but states a review was undertaken and reported on 2 June 2021. It does not explicitly state current serious incidents, regulator engagement, or late filing admissions for the current period.

“As a result of the lapses in financial management identified in 2019-20 report, a review of the internal financial controls was undertaken and reported on 2 June 2021.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard May

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

Operates in: Monmouthshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£205k	£299k
31/03/2024	£148k	£134k
31/03/2023	£93k	£75k
31/03/2022	£31k	£27k
31/03/2021	£32k	£14k

Common questions

Is HOOD MEMORIAL HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in robust financial health with a surplus balance in excess of £80,000 at the end of the reporting period. The independent examiner confirmed that the trustees are fully able to pay bills and meet all liabilities as they fall due. The charity operates with no staff and maintains receipts and payments accounts consistent with its accounting records. 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	26/09/2012	£38k	Village Hall Fit For Purpose

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST.

GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST income £154k
SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £740k
THE HALLAM COMMUNITY AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £108k
THE WOODFORD PARISH CHURCH MEMORIAL HALL income £120k
ASHTEAD PEACE MEMORIAL HALL income £122k
THE EDWARD THOMAS FOAKES MEMORIAL HALL income £170k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOOD MEMORIAL HALL	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST FY2025	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£740k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HALLAM COMMUNITY AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WOODFORD PARISH CHURCH MEMORIAL HALL FY2024	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHTEAD PEACE MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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