CHURCHSTOKE VILLAGE HALL

Registered charity 524403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCHSTOKE COMMUNITY HALL

COMMUNITY AND SPORTS HALL PROVIDED FOR THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY. CAN BE USED BY ANYONE FOR RECREATIONAL USE ETC

Objects

(1)THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHURCHSTOKE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2)THE SAID LAND AND BUILDING SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL AS AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: CHURCHSTOKE

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£270k
Latest spending
£238k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year and holds total unrestricted funds of £1,321,478, including significant cash reserves. The accounts state that the charity has cash holdings equivalent to six months of income and is expected to break even on an annual basis, with no material uncertainties related to its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 2 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £256,879 — grants £256,879 (2); 95% of the £270,132 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £3,698 — grants £3,698 (1); 23% of the £16,050 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Government income: £3,689 — contracts £3,589 (1), grants £100 (1); 26% of the £14,006 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 07/10/2026, 69 days after the 30/07/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£270k£238k
30/09/2024£16k£14k
30/09/2023£14k£11k
30/09/2022£13k£14k
30/09/2021£17k£15k

Common questions

Is CHURCHSTOKE VILLAGE HALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus for the year and holds total unrestricted funds of £1,321,478, including significant cash reserves. The accounts state that the charity has cash holdings equivalent to six months of income and is expected to break even on an annual basis, with no material uncertainties related to its ability to continue as a going concern. 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 Fund11/03/2026£20kChurchstoke Community Hub

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED1£40k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHURCHSTOKE VILLAGE HALL£270k—0unclear—no doubt
CLAVERHAM VILLAGE HALL FY2025£76k—0unclear—no doubt
COCKERHAM PARISH HALL FY2025£108k—0unclear—no doubt
BECKWITHSHAW VILLAGE HALL FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
HALE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£51k—0above—no doubt
CROYDE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt

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