# DEBENHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1099705
- **Other names:** DEBENHAM LEISURE CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 26, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1099705


## Contact

- **Address:** Debenham Leisure Centre, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, STOWMARKET, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** IP14 6BL
- **Phone:** 01728 861101
- **Email:** info@debenhamsportsandleisure.co.uk
- **Website:** www.debenhamsportsandleisure.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL RECREATION GROUND AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DEBENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF. (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS 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.

**Activities:** Providing sporting and other leisure activities to the community and the surrounding area.

**Area of benefit:** DEBENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £672978 | £603024 | £956930 | 20 |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £577089 | £645558 | £974347 | 20 |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £732827 | £634599 | £1042817 | 19 |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £343689 | £52533 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £379532 | £290229 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Stephen Spurling** (Chair) — appointed March 23, 2023
- Anne Beverley Finnissy — appointed Nov. 19, 2024
- GEORGE JAMES DURIE
- Gina Helm — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Howard Simpson — appointed July 29, 2022
- MARTIN DURIE
- Michelle Dix — appointed Nov. 19, 2021
- Peter Morrison Wilson — appointed Dec. 3, 2025
- Philip Jaynes — appointed Nov. 14, 2017
- Phillip Jones — appointed Feb. 1, 2020
- Rob Morris — appointed July 29, 2022
- Stephen Robbins — appointed Sept. 2, 2021
- Susan Dawn Thurlow — appointed June 1, 2024