Whitley Chapel Parish Hall Charitable Trust

Analysis

Whitley Chapel Parish Hall Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whitley Chapel Parish Hall Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £32k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £42k to £21k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Whitley Chapel Parish Hall Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Diptford Parish Hall (£21k), Newport Recreation Club (£21k) and The Langley Band (£21k).

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.