Pakenham Village Hall and Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Pakenham Village Hall and Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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, Pakenham Village Hall and Playing Fields Association reported income of £44k and spending of £34k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £46k to £44k (-4.1%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Pakenham Village Hall and Playing Fields Association sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leighton Middle School- School Fund (£44k), Twickenham Riverside Trust (£44k) and Stannington and District Library Group (£44k).