Alston Town Hall

Analysis

Alston Town Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alston. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alston Town Hall reported income of £65k and spending of £71k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £56k to £65k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Alston Town Hall sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hitchin Thespians (£65k), Landscape Research Centre Ltd (£65k) and The Keene Hall (£65k).