Erpingham with Calthorpe Village Hall

Analysis

Erpingham with Calthorpe Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Erpingham with Calthorpe Village Hall reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £24k to £11k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Erpingham with Calthorpe Village Hall sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dalham Village Hall (£11k), Milton Damerel Parish Hall (£11k) and Village Memorial Hall (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.