Godmersham and Crundale Recreation Hall

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending December 2025, Godmersham and Crundale Recreation Hall reported income of £37k and spending of £35k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £52k to £37k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Godmersham and Crundale Recreation Hall sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Charitable Trust (£37k), The Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society (£37k) and The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra (£37k).