Castle Hedingham Village Hall

Analysis

Castle Hedingham Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex CO9 3DA. It was registered in September 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, recreation and other charitable purposes, 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 December 2025, Castle Hedingham Village Hall reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £15k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Castle Hedingham Village Hall sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Andrews CE Infant School PTA (£15k), 9th Stafford Sea Scouts (£15k) and Challock Village Hall (£15k).