# RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 304753
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** March 10, 1965
- **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=304753


## Contact

- **Address:** 16 ASPEN CLOSE, GREAT BLAKENHAM, IPSWICH
- **Postcode:** IP6 0HQ
- **Phone:** 07921941616
- **Email:** info@gbvillagehall.co.uk
- **Website:** www.gbvillagehall.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PURPOSES OF A RECREATION GROUND WITH POWER TO ERECT THERON A BUILDING TO BE USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF GREAT BLAKENHAM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR TO BE USED FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

**Activities:** The hall is open for all community events, clubs, community evenings and sports plus charity events. We have a wide range or fitness / exercise activities from dancing ages 6 - 80, Karate classes open to all, Cycle Speedway open to all. We regularly host birthday parties, wedding celebrations and wakes. We readily welcome and support new clubs and societies.

**Area of benefit:** PARISH OF GREAT BLAKENHAM




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £34686 | £38466 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £96180 | £109284 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £24966 | £27228 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £23489 | £15110 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £18289 | £13446 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Stephen Plume** (Chair) — appointed May 6, 2025
- Carol Plume — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Chelsea Ward — appointed Oct. 6, 2025
- Emma Ford — appointed Aug. 31, 2023
- Kerrie Anne Vipond — appointed Aug. 31, 2023
- Ray Pyke — appointed Nov. 11, 2024
- Wendy Diane Hooper — appointed Nov. 11, 2024