Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST

TO PROVIDE AND MANAGE A NEW VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS IN WEMBDON VILLAGE, SOMERSET

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£241	£127	£114	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£548	£72	£476	£0	£2,630	£2,630	437.1	0	29
31/03/21		£66	£44	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/20		£81	£117	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19		£109	£49	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£256	£45	£212	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£540	£35	£505	£0	£2,065	£-1	-0.3	0	0
31/03/16	*	£1,362	£4	£1,359	£0	£1,560	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£94	£77	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.wembdonvillagehall.co.uk

trustsecretary@wembdonvillagehall.co.uk

01278455698

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Sports facilities & allotments

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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

Somerset Community Foundation	£35,968
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
True Colours Trust	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards the overheads of a community building, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
£5,000	06/02/2023	Grant to Wembdon Village Hall & Playing Fields Trust
Somerset Community Foundation - Cost of living support energy bills support for a Sedgemoor Community Venue
£5,000	24/01/2023	Grant to Wembdon Village Hall & Playing Fields Trust
Somerset Community Foundation - Completion of a Youth Club venue in Wembdon
£24,468	05/08/2022	Contribution towards final renovation costs for a room for young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Wembdon Community Youth Project
£10,000	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to provide a youth club for 36 weeks. The project aims to try to avoid the mindless vandalism underage drinking and drug taking which was happening in the surrounds of the ....more The funding will be used to provide a youth club for 36 weeks. The project aims to try to avoid the mindless vandalism underage drinking and drug taking which was happening in the surrounds of the village hall.
Somerset Community Foundation - Running open access youth work sessions to combat antisocial behaviour
£1,500	30/06/2022	Running open access youth work sessions to combat antisocial behaviour
True Colours Trust - Towards the installation of accessible playground swings
£10,000	15/09/2021	Towards the installation of accessible playground swings
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	17/08/2021	Wembdon Community Youth Project
Sport England - Wembdon Village Hall & Playing fields Charitable Trust
£52,500	25/06/2013	Funding under Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Wembdon Village Hall & Playing fields Charitable Trust'. This project lists its main ....more Funding under Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Wembdon Village Hall & Playing fields Charitable Trust'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has contributed towards a Multi Facility - Grass Pitch (Football),Grass Pitch (Cricket)
Sport England - The Green at Wembdon
£50,000	10/01/2012	Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'The Green at Wembdon'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has ....more Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'The Green at Wembdon'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has contributed towards a Changing Rooms - Changing Rooms (Traditional)

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

ALEX HURFORD Appointed: 2021

MADELEINE UPHAM Appointed: 2018

MARILYN TYRRELL Appointed: 2014

MICHAEL TREVOR SOLOMON Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL GRAHAM CASWELL Appointed: 2022

NEIL ALAN HUGHES Appointed: 2019

RICHARD MARK PHILLIPS Appointed: 2019

ROBERT TOPAZIO Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2014, number: 1156463

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 101 days late, AR15: 368 days late,

Main office

The Green at Wembdon
Homberg Way
Wembdon
BRIDGWATER
TA6 7BY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WEMBDON (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.

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