Overton and District Memorial Hall

Analysis

Overton and District Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morecambe. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Overton and District Memorial Hall reported income of £19k and spending of £25k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £19k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Overton and District Memorial Hall sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saint Peter and Saint Paul Scout Group (£19k), The Wilde Foundation (£19k) and The Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Trust (£19k).

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.