Booker Memorial Hall

Analysis

Booker Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in January 2002, 24 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 March 2025, Booker Memorial Hall reported income of £20k and spending of £14k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £20k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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, Booker Memorial Hall sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diss Museum (£20k), Southend-On-Sea Musical Festival Association (£20k) and Aberarth Village Hall (£20k).