Bethersden Village Hall

Analysis

Bethersden Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bethersden Village Hall reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £24k to £17k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Bethersden Village Hall sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kent Gardens Trust (£17k), Leominster Museum CIO (£17k) and Barnet Symphony Orchestra (£17k).