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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

The Merry Bells Village Hall

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £55k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport and 2 more
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
merrybells.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£55k£69k
  • 2024£49k£36k
  • 2023£44k£30k
Earlier years
  • 2022£39k£42k
  • 2021£42k£46k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 30%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE INHABITANTS OF WHEATLEY 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.

Board analysis

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.

9 trustees on the board

2.9y median 1y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 9

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

Health and social care 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£49k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
286769
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONVEYANCE AND TRUST DEED DATED 3RD AUGUST 1970
Contact on the register
07427 343 080 · info@merrybells.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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