The Tipton St John Community Hall Trust

Analysis

The Tipton St John Community Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidmouth. It was registered in September 1998, 28 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Tipton St John Community Hall Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £30k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £34k to £31k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, The Tipton St John Community Hall Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middleton Band (£31k), The Ambleside and District U3a (£31k) and Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust Ltd (£31k).