Barham Village Hall CIO

Analysis

Barham Village Hall CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in November 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Barham Village Hall CIO reported income of £42k and spending of £67k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income grew from £38k to £42k (+9.9%), an average of +3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barham Village Hall CIO sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Ashes Playing Field Trust (£42k), Returnmk (£42k) and Stewart Village Hall (£42k).

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.