Victoria Hall, Bolton

Analysis

Victoria Hall, Bolton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Victoria Hall, Bolton reported income of £295k and spending of £310k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £235k to £295k (+26%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Victoria Hall, Bolton 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 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mary Dolly Foundation (£295k), You Make It (£295k) and Safa Cumbria (£295k).

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.