The Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall

Analysis

The Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall reported income of £42k and spending of £20k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £42k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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 Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lymm Festival (£42k), The Centre for Maidenhead Heritage (£42k) and Friends of the Bargello (£42k).