Registered charity · Ipswich
Recreation Ground and Village Hall
Recreation Ground and Village Hall is a registered charity (number 304753) based in Ipswich, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Stephen Plume since 2025. Latest income £35k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.gbvillagehall.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£38k
- 2024£96k£109k
- 2023£25k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£23k£15k
- 2021£18k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 65%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable 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.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Stephen Plume Chair since 2025
- Carol Plume since 2025
- Chelsea Ward since 2025
- Emma Ford since 2023
- Kerrie Anne Vipond since 2023
- Lisa Williams since 2026
- Wendy Diane Hooper since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Stephen Plume Chair since 2025
- Carol Plume since 2025
- Chelsea Ward since 2025
- Emma Ford since 2023
- Kerrie Anne Vipond since 2023
- Lisa Williams since 2026
- Wendy Diane Hooper since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 304753
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 18 JANUARY 1963
- Contact on the register
- 07921941616 · info@gbvillagehall.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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