Lingen Village Hall

Analysis

Lingen Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lingen Village Hall reported income of £25k and spending of £25k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £23k to £25k (+10.0%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lingen Village Hall sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethel Evangelical Church (East Hanningfield) (£25k), Central Pentecostal Church (£25k) and Charismatic Episcopal Church Trust (£25k).

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.