Clapham Village Hall

Analysis

Clapham Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, 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 March 2025, Clapham Village Hall reported income of £93k and spending of £103k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £93k (+219%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Clapham Village Hall sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Sharad Utsav (£93k), The Quay Players (£93k) and The Avon County Federation of Women's Institutes (£93k).

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.