Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

LITTLE THETFORD VILLAGE HALL

Maintain the village hall as a venue for recreational, cultural, educational, sporting and social activities for the residents of Little Thetford
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£131£116£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£22£22£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£31£25£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£27£14£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£31£41£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£36£38£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£29£25£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£13£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£14£11£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£12£12£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£11£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£12£9£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£11£15£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£12£15£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£15£18£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£14£11£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£15£13£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£11£11£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£13£8£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£15£9£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

littlethetfordvillagehall.org.uk

littlethetfordvillagehall@gmail.com

01353 364495

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Upgrade chairs in Village Hall
£10,000 09/06/2023
The funding will be used to replace the chairs within the village hall in Little Thretford. The project aims to improve this well used space making it more comfortable and inviting for the various community groups who use the hall.
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Thetford Pop-Up Cafe
£2,480 28/07/2021
The funding is to provide a pop-up cafe in the garden of the village hall for a rural community's friendship club to reconnect and people to meet informally to reduce loneliness.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Little Thetford Village Hall
£4,950 20/04/2020
0
to provide 3 cooked nutritious meals per week for 11 weeks for 50 vulnerable residents in the village who are struggling to get food delivered
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Thetford Friendship Club
£10,000 18/04/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to make improvements to the village hall and make it more accessible for older people and people who are hearing impaired.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refurbishment of Accessible Toilet
£4,640 14/02/2018
12
This project will improve the facilities of the village hall and provide a new accessible toilet for users.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANN FOULSER Appointed: 2022
  • DR PETER MORTIMER (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • DR PHILIP HADLEY Appointed: 2024
  • GRAHAM JAMES Appointed: 2022
  • JENNIFER STAINES Appointed: 2019
  • LISA HADLEY Appointed: 2022
  • PAM JAMES Appointed: 2021
  • RICHARD CHURCH Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/05/1996, number: 1055086
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 89 days late,
Main office

Little Thetford Village Hall
The Wyches
Little Thetford
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB6 3HG

Objectives

A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF LITTLE THETFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OF OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AT LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LITTLE THETFORD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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