# WOOLPIT INSTITUTE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 304958
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 19, 1963
- **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=304958


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 ROMAN FIELDS, WOOLPIT, BURY ST. EDMUNDS
- **Postcode:** IP30 9RX
- **Phone:** 01359244532



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WOOLPIT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR 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:** Woolpit Institute hires out meeting rooms and kitchen facilities for community groups such as the Parish Council, special interest clubs, after-school activities, table tennis and classes. A luncheon club provides meals for the elderly. Fund raising events such as coffee mornings are held. The rooms may be hired for private functions. The local museum is housed within the institute building.

**Area of benefit:** PARISH OF WOOLPIT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £23517 | £23441 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £19263 | £23060 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £17883 | £22197 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £9282 | £12481 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £17000 | £9000 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **RICHARD WEST MBE** (Chair)
- Alison Ruth Forman — appointed April 28, 2025
- BERNICE BELHAM — appointed April 18, 2016
- Claire Scotford — appointed April 28, 2025
- GAYLE JENKINS — appointed April 18, 2016
- IAN HUGH BELHAM — appointed April 18, 2016
- JILL RICHARDS — appointed April 18, 2016
- JOHN GUYLER — appointed May 1, 2014
- PAUL PROCTOR — appointed April 11, 2022
- RITA JANICE BURR — appointed April 18, 2016
- SALLY HINCHLIFFE — appointed April 18, 2016
- SUSAN EBURNE