Whipsnade Village Hall and Field

Analysis

Whipsnade Village Hall and Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in October 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whipsnade Village Hall and Field reported income of £14k and spending of £22k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £14k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Whipsnade Village Hall and Field 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 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include We Are the Voice (£14k), The Friends of St Michael and All Angels Church, Bugbrooke (£14k) and The Clapham Society (£14k).

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.