In 1992, an article appeared in a local newspaper mentioning the hall and its former purpose. Welling Councillor Nigel Betts and the late Leyland Birch, Bexley Council’s Chief Solicitor, working together in an independent capacity made enquiries with the Charity Commission and they confirmed that the Hall Trust was still registered as a charity, although it appeared to be dormant. Following negotiations with the Charity Commission and with T G Baynes, new trustees were appointed and a Governing Body of local people was formed. Thus the process of reviving the Trust began.

The new trustees felt that there were now sufficient halls in the area to satisfy local demand and that it would be more beneficial to allow the original hall to remain in commercial use, whilst utilising the rent being generated from it for the benefit of community organisations in the area. This proposal was put to the Charity Commission and, after lengthy deliberations, they agreed with the Trustees.

In May 1995, the Charity Commission produced a scheme varying the original Trust Deed to allow the Trust to operate as a grant giving charity from October 1995. Since then over £300,000 has been invested back into the area in grants and the trust is probably now the largest source of community funding for Welling

Remembering its origins, the Trust commissioned a new WW1 War Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Welling. This was dedicated in 1996 with further names being added in 1998. Since 1996 a special service is held each year on the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday, when every name on the memorial is read out.