Bidborough Village Hall - CIO

Analysis

Bidborough Village Hall - CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bidborough Village Hall - CIO reported income of £43k and spending of £29k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £23k to £43k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bidborough Village Hall - CIO sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% 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 Almshouse and Aged Poor's Charity of Alfred Ernest Briggs (£43k), United Almshouse Charities (£44k) and The Ella Dunn Housing Trust (£43k).