St Catherines Hill Community Hall

Analysis

St Catherines Hill Community Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Christchurch. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Catherines Hill Community Hall reported income of £28k and spending of £30k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,722 to £28k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, St Catherines Hill Community Hall sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 Brimfield Village Hall (£28k), Friends of the Norwich Museums (£28k) and The Gesualdo Six (£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.