Town Hall and Institute

Analysis

Town Hall and Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckfastleigh. It was registered in December 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Town Hall and Institute reported income of £49k and spending of £49k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £61k to £49k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Town Hall and Institute sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxted Operatic Society (£49k), The Isokon Gallery Trust (£49k) and Llandrinio Village Institute (£49k).

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.