Westcote Village Hall

Analysis

Westcote Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Westcote Village Hall reported income of £10k and spending of £12k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £35k to £10k (-71%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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, Westcote Village Hall 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 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Talgai Hall Trust (£10k), Coventry Scout Gang Show Ltd. (£10k) and Transculturalvisions (£10k).

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.