Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BRINKWORTH VILLAGE HALL

The charity provides a village hall for social, recreational and cultural use by the population of Brinkworth specifically, and those from a wider area generally.
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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/08/23£18£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£28£15£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£17£10£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£9£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£6£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11*£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07£6£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£4£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

www.wvha.org.uk/halls.php?hall_id=50

Norfolkcd88@gmail.com

01666510124

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
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 - Keeping the Heat In!
£8,000 13/01/2023
The funding will be used to install a boiler doors and thermal curtains and blinds at their village hall. The project aims to make improvements to a vital community building so they can host activities in a warm and comfortable environment.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Brinkworth Village Hall
£4,990 04/11/2020
Towards improvements, IT equipment and activity costs to enable this rural village hall to provide in-person/virtual activities to isolated villagers and to build community

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLAIRE NORFOLK Appointed: 2014
  • DAVID JAMES FRY Appointed: 2020
  • JOHANNA FREDERICA HASKINS Appointed: 2020
  • PAULINE TERESA LODER Appointed: 2024
  • PHILIP ALEXANDER ARMITT Appointed: 2021
  • YVONNE CHAMBERLAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/1984, number: 289187
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 30 days late,
Main office

Brinkworth Village Hall
The Street
Brinkworth
CHIPPENHAM
Wiltshire
SN15 5AF

Objectives

FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BRINKWORTH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS,LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARISH OF BRINKWORTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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