PONTHIR VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 524348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a facility (the hall) for social welfare, educational, recreational and leisure time activities with the objective of improving the condition of life for the inhabitants of the local community.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LLANFRECHFA LOWER, MON.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£220k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small unrestricted fund surplus of £8,538, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £30,738. The trustees confirm that these reserves meet their stated policy target of covering three months' operating costs plus exit charges, as the current level represents approximately five months' costs. The charity remains financially self-sufficient through facility hire and bar sales, despite facing ongoing challenges from inflation and employment costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ operating costs, plus exit charges (held: £31k)

“The Trustees aim to have a reserve of sufficient unrestricted funds to cover three months’ operating costs, plus exit charges.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Serious incident report filed regarding employment litigation and police investigation into former trustees.

“These issues have been reported to the charity commission under a serious incident report originally submitted in January 2023.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales; Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Michael Brown
Karl John Gauden
Myfanwy Bowen
Neale Charles David Wood
Paul Buffery
Philip John Kenney
Susan Hallybone

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

Operates in: Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£217k	£220k
31/03/2024	£107k	£112k
31/03/2023	£21k	£26k
31/03/2022	£33k	£45k
31/03/2021	£53k	£35k

Common questions

Is PONTHIR VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small unrestricted fund surplus of £8,538, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £30,738. The trustees confirm that these reserves meet their stated policy target of covering three months' operating costs plus exit charges, as the current level represents approximately five months' costs. The charity remains financially self-sufficient through facility hire and bar sales, despite facing ongoing challenges from inflation and employment costs. 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	28/11/2023	£19k	Replacement Entrance doors and improved safety systems

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED	1	£27k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL.

SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL income £163k
CAPEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £166k
SALTFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £171k
HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £199k
KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £215k
SHALFORD VILLAGE HALL (SURREY) income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PONTHIR VILLAGE HALL	£217k	—	above	—	no doubt
SALESBURY MEMORIAL HALL FY2025	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAPEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALTFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026	£171k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£215k	—	below	—	noted

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