Westmeston Parish Room Trust

Analysis

Westmeston Parish Room Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hassocks. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westmeston Parish Room Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £14k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Westmeston Parish Room Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pagabo Foundation (£14k), Hearts and Souls (£14k) and Parkari Community Development Programme UK (£14k).

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.