Memorial Hall and Theatre

Analysis

Memorial Hall and Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vale of Glamorgan. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage 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, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Memorial Hall and Theatre reported income of £668k and spending of £740k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £359k to £668k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Memorial Hall and Theatre sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creation Theatre Ltd (£668k), Beating Time (£669k) and Lancaster Footlights & Grand Theatre (£667k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and donations and legacies 9.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £76k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 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.