Finchingfield Guildhall

Analysis

Finchingfield Guildhall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 March 2026, Finchingfield Guildhall reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £20k to £13k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 208% 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, Finchingfield Guildhall sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Coverham Church (FCC) (£13k), Rollesby Village Hall (£13k) and Godmersham Park Heritage Centre for the Parishes of Godmersham and Crundale Limited (£13k).