How does the church hall charity benefit from granting a lease to a non-church charity?
18. The whole purpose of granting a lease of this sort (rather than selling the property or letting it outright as an investment) is to retain the use of the property for church purposes at certain times. A lease of this type also preserves the building (whether through maintenance covenants or the charging of a proper rent) for future generations, should it once again be required for a wider range of church purposes. In the meantime, it brings into full use an under-used property, which perhaps cannot be properly maintained, or improved to modern standards, by the church hall trustees. 19. A lease should be granted when the church hall trustees do not wish to keep responsibility for the maintenance of the hall or no longer wish to be the major user. In other cases a simple extension in the use of the property may be more appropriate.
