Sawley Village Hall Trust

Analysis

Sawley Village Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clitheroe. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Sawley Village Hall Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £15k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £13k to £12k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Sawley Village Hall Trust 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of All Hallows (£12k), Twickfolk (£12k) and The Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust (£12k).

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.