The Witham Hall Limited

Analysis

The Witham Hall Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnard Castle. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 company (Companies House number 06959661). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Witham Hall Limited reported income of £522k and spending of £582k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £375k to £522k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Witham Hall Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include More Music in Morecambe (£522k), The Roger Tanner Trust (£522k) and Barnsley Youth Choir CIO (£521k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £76k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.