The Houghton and Wyton Memorial Hall

Analysis

The Houghton and Wyton Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huntingdon. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Houghton and Wyton Memorial Hall reported income of £22k and spending of £24k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £22k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Houghton and Wyton Memorial Hall sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust (£22k), The Benllech and District Recreational Association (£22k) and 4 Recreation Limited (£22k).

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.