# MERE LECTURE HALL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 202620
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 6, 1962
- **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=202620


## Contact

- **Address:** SWAINSFORD FISH FARM, WOODLANDS ROAD, MERE, WARMINSTER
- **Postcode:** BA12 6BY
- **Phone:** 01747860479
- **Email:** secretary@merelecturehall.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF THE SPIRITUAL MORAL INTELLECTUAL OR SOCIAL WELFARE ALONG LINES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NON-CONFORMING CHRISTIANITY OR OF THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE AMONGST THE INHABITANTS. THE PROMOTION OF SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS ELSEWHERE.

**Activities:** Provision of 3 Halls, stage, committee room, kitchen and toilets for the advantage of the people of Mere, in Wiltshire, and to promote spiritual, intellectual and social activities, i.e.   Plays, films, sporting, medical and social activities, lectures and public meetings.   Annual grants are also offered to organisations and local charities within 8 mile radius of Mere.

**Area of benefit:** MERE AND DISTRICT




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £80945 | £61961 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £75135 | £43213 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £70664 | £59898 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £61841 | £44791 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £57060 | £90274 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **CHARLES RUTTER** (Chair)
- ANDREW BRISTOW
- ANDREW REES
- BRIAN JAMES WATTS
- Caroline Nichola Morton — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- Christopher Wood — appointed May 15, 2005
- David Norman Lamb — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- GEORGE JEANS — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- HELEN WATTS — appointed June 30, 2017
- JANE HURD — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- Jennifer Mary Wilding — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- MARY WHITE
- Michael  John Durkee — appointed Oct. 11, 2023
- Peter Manning — appointed Oct. 11, 2023
- Sandra Jayne Catley — appointed Oct. 5, 2023
- Simon Rutter — appointed Sept. 27, 2018
- Stephen John Harwood Fletcher — appointed Oct. 5, 2023