The Birdbrook and District Community House

Analysis

The Birdbrook and District Community House is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halstead. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Birdbrook and District Community House reported income of £10k and spending of £14k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £35k to £10k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Birdbrook and District Community House sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Porlock Weir Pilot Gig Club (£10k), Cromhall Parish Hall and Recreation Trust (£10k) and Skelton Village Hall (£10k).

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.