Glebe Community Hall

Analysis

Glebe Community Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Glebe Community Hall reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £16k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Glebe Community Hall sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arran Community Centre Association (£16k), North Curry Playing Field (£16k) and Greatfield Parent Teacher Association (£16k).

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.