The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Debenham Village Hall and Playing Field Trust

Registered charity 1099705 Registered since 2003

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Economic/community Development/employment 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 24Construction 2Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£673k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2021

20 from 19 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.debenhamsportsandleisure.co.uk
Emailinfo@debenhamsportsandleisure.co.uk
Phone01728 861101
AddressDebenham Leisure Centre, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, STOWMARKET, Suffolk, IP14 6BL

Finances

£672,978 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£379,532£290,229
2022£343,689£52,533
2023£732,827£634,599
2024£577,089£645,558
2025£672,978£603,024

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable 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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 FEBRUARY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 AUGUST 2003

Trustees (13)

13trustees
64median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Debenham Village Hall and Playing Field Trust · 04672490 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/02/2003

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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