Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
12+ Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE ASHURST MCDERMOTT HALL

Provide & maintain a village hall for use by inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including meetings, lectures, classes & other forms of recreation & leisure-time occupationProvide or assist in provision of recreational facilities for inhabitants of the area of benefit in the interests of social welfare

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

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
30/09/23		£21	£30	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/22		£28	£21	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/09/21		£45	£28	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/09/20		£34	£19	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/19		£21	£29	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/09/18		£27	£26	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17		£25	£27	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£33	£29	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15	*	£66	£37	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£42	£33	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£30	£37	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12		£34	£43	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£148	£16	£133	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10		£21	£8	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09		£12	£16	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£16	£10	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07		£17	£13	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05		£21	£16	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04	*	£12	£18	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 61 years

01892740221

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Village halls & community buildings

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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 - Replacement of old cricket pavilion
£25,000	23/02/2015 9	Funding under Sport England's Flood Relief Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Replacement of old cricket pavilion'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This ....more Funding under Sport England's Flood Relief Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Replacement of old cricket pavilion'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has contributed towards a Flood Relief - Flood Relief (Repair/Defence)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

BEN WOODHOUSE Appointed: 2011, Other trusteeship: THE CLOVER TRUST,

CHRIS TOMLIN (Chair) Appointed: 2016

CARL FIELD BAXTER Appointed: 2022

CHLOE ARCHARD Appointed: 2022

DOMENICO TARRICONE Appointed: 2022

EDWARD JOHN TRANTER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS,

EMMA LYCINDA TYSOE Appointed: 2021

GRAHAM EDWARD GALLOWAY RIDDICK Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SPELDHURST WITH GROOMBRIDGE AND ASHURST,

JULIA SOYKE, Other trusteeship: S M CHARITABLE TRUST,

PETER WILHELM FRIEDRICH SOYKE Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SPELDHURST WITH GROOMBRIDGE AND ASHURST,

RUTH MARGARET LOUISE GUERRIER

SOPHIE MARGARET MINOPRIO

TAMSIN SUSAN WOODHOUSE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/05/1963, number: 302673

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 2 days late, AR04: 14 days late,

Main office

Tanglewood
Claytons Lane
Ashurst
Tunbridge Wells
TN3 9TD

Objectives

(1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF RESIDENTS OF ASHURST (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, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BOROUGH OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS

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