Geldeston Memorial Hall

Analysis

Geldeston Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beccles. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Geldeston Memorial Hall reported income of £11k and spending of £10k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £14k to £11k (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 210%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Geldeston Memorial Hall sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montgomeryshire Youth Music (Cerddorion Ifanc Maldwyn) (£11k), Llanstephan Memorial Hall (£11k) and Farmoor Village Hall (£11k).