Broadhempston Village Hall and Playing Field Trust CIO

Analysis

Broadhempston Village Hall and Playing Field Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Broadhempston Village Hall and Playing Field Trust CIO reported income of £77k and spending of £90k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £33k to £77k (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 141% 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, Broadhempston Village Hall and Playing Field Trust CIO sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association for Roman Archaeology Limited (£77k), The Dame Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation (£77k) and Croydon Academy of Eastern Arts (Caea) (£77k).

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.