Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

UPSHIRE VILLAGE HALL 

The objective of the charity is to maintain Upshire Village Hall, for the communal benefit of the inhabitants of the village and its surrounds. The committee aims to provide first class hall facilities at an affordable cost to voluntary organisations serving the community.
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

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 only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 61 years

www.upshirevillagehall.com

upshirevillagehall@gmail.com

07432532621

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/10/23£83£90£-8n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/10/22£34£55£-21n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/10/21£42£18£24n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/10/20£24£19£5n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/10/19£43£39£4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/10/18£29£35£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/17£30£24£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£33£35£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£27£27£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£30£40£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£23£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12*£25£23£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£25£22£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£21£17£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£21£24£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£26£24£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07£26£26£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£34£35£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£32£34£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£30£37£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Upshire Village Hall Committee
£4,000 04/12/2018
Replacing windows in a village hall.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/1963, number: 301427
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR12: 28 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from UPSHIRE MILLENNIUM TRUST on 20/05/2022
Main office

Upshire Village Hall
Horseshoe Hill
Upshire
Waltham Abbey
Essex
EN9 3SP

Objectives

VILLAGE HALL

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMLET OF UPSHIRE AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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