Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

MEARE AND WESTHAY VILLAGE HALL 

The object of the Charity is to establish and run a Village Hall and playing field for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish of Meare.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£3£28£-24n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22?£21£4£17n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20?£14£13£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£1£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£21£1£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£1£0£1£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/15£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£2£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£21£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£1£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£1£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1£1£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

villagehall@meare-pc.gov.uk

01458860000

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Covid-19 Return to Play
£50,000 13/04/2021
9
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/08/2022, number: 1200097
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR16: 221 days late, AR14: 270 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR07: 364 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MEARE AND WESTHAY VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD on 18/05/2023
Main office

Steps Farm
Church Lane
Meare
GLASTONBURY
Somerset
BA6 9SL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGES OF MEARE AND WESTHAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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