Poundbury Village Hall Trust

Analysis

Poundbury Village Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poundbury Village Hall Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £31k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,064 to £28k (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Poundbury Village Hall Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anglers Inn and Alfred Henry Willink Trust (£28k), Helping Hands for Education (£28k) and The Friends of Butoke Charity (£28k).

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.