The Ware Drill Hall Association Limited

Analysis

The Ware Drill Hall Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04291929). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Ware Drill Hall Association Limited reported income of £84k and spending of £94k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £85k to £84k (-1.1%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Ware Drill Hall Association Limited sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norwegian Church Cardiff Bay (£84k), Colehill and Wimborne Youth and Community Centre (£84k) and Thurrock Play Network (£84k).

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.