Freethorpe Village Hall

Analysis

Freethorpe Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Freethorpe. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Freethorpe Village Hall reported income of £23k and spending of £25k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,170 to £23k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Freethorpe Village Hall sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baldev Goyal Charitable Trust (£23k), Birmingham Community Development Complex (£23k) and The Rotary Club of Guildford Chantries (£23k).

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.