Pentewan Village Hall Trust

Analysis

Pentewan Village Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pentewan Village Hall Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £33k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £27k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 721%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Pentewan Village Hall Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ware Choral Society Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£27k), Moulton Village Hall (£27k) and Ecclesfield Priory Players (£27k).

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.