The Lympne Playing Field and Village Hall

Analysis

The Lympne Playing Field and Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Lympne Playing Field and Village Hall reported income of £54k and spending of £56k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £56k to £54k (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Lympne Playing Field and Village Hall sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ferring Village Hall (£54k), Wilby Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£54k) and Walton Village Hall Wetherby (£53k).

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.