Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -3

BRIDGERULE VILLAGE HALL LTD

To provide, maintain and operate a village hall for the use of inhabitants of the Parish of Bridgerule and the surrounding area including the use of the property for meetings, lectures and classes or other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life for said inhabitants.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
11/11/22	£22	£40	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
11/11/21	£51	£10	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
11/11/20	£17	£10	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
11/11/19	£76	£76	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
11/11/18	£26	£15	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/11/17	£32	£11	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/11/16	£21	£8	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/11/15	£21	£7	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/11/14	£43	£7	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/11/13	£29	£4	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.bridgerulevillagehall.co.uk

admin@bridgerulevillagehall.co.uk

01288381801

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£11,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000
The Foyle Foundation	£4,000
Devon Community Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Bridgerule Village Hall Limited
£2,000	29/03/2023	Grant towards costs of building Bridgerule Village Community Shop.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridgerule Jubilee Fund
£1,500	18/03/2022	The funding will be used to host a high tea event for elderly people and a picnic in the park event for local families to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring people ....more The funding will be used to host a high tea event for elderly people and a picnic in the park event for local families to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring people together from the rural village of Bridgerule to reduce feelings of social isolation and to reconnect people following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	01/10/2021	Community Shop
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	16/09/2021	towards play park equipment
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridgerule Community Shop
£10,000	27/08/2021	The funding will be used towards the cost of building a community shop. The project aim to improve facilities within a rural area which lacks amenities to meet the needs of local people including ....more The funding will be used towards the cost of building a community shop. The project aim to improve facilities within a rural area which lacks amenities to meet the needs of local people including older people who are isolated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Replace roof of Bridgerule Village Hall
£63,466	19/12/2018 12	The project will finalise the refurbishment of the village hall by replacing the original roof. This will benefit the residents of the village and parish of Bridgerule and the surrounding areas.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridgerule Village Hall
£7,637	17/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to conduct a community consultation to shape the future of the village hall. The project aims to enable local people to lead on the development of this facility to strengthen ....more The funding will be used to conduct a community consultation to shape the future of the village hall. The project aims to enable local people to lead on the development of this facility to strengthen community relations.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	05/05/2017	refurbishment of old kitchen and replace hall floor

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 69-80

CHRIS HITCHINGS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

KEVIN BOWDITCH (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

ALAN QUILTER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

SHEILA ANN CHOLWILL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Secretary

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2013, number: 1150738
Registered at Companies House on 16/10/2012, number: 08255689

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Bridgerule Village Hall
The Green
Bridgerule
HOLSWORTHY
Devon
EX22 7DZ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BRIDGERULE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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