Elmsett and Aldham Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity

Analysis

Elmsett and Aldham Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Elmsett and Aldham Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity reported income of £15k and spending of £29k, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,453 to £15k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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, Elmsett and Aldham Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gorsley Village Hall (£15k), Whitchurch and Ganarew Memorial Hall (£15k) and Opra Cymru Cyf (£15k).

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.