Shap Memorial Hall

Analysis

Shap Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penrith. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2023, Shap Memorial Hall reported income of £18k and spending of £16k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2023, income fell from £25k to £18k (-27%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shap Memorial Hall sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens (£18k), The Berlioz Society (£18k) and Heath and Reach Village Hall (£18k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.