Dame Vera Lynn Memorial Statue

Analysis

Dame Vera Lynn Memorial Statue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burgess Hill. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dame Vera Lynn Memorial Statue reported income of £16k and spending of £31k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £567k to £16k (-97%), an average of -70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dame Vera Lynn Memorial Statue sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wokingham Free Church Burial Ground (£16k), The Cracknell Trust CIO (£16k) and Great Waldingfield Village Hall (£16k).

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.