The Richard Bentley Smalley Memorial Hall

Analysis

The Richard Bentley Smalley Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Richard Bentley Smalley Memorial Hall reported income of £42k and spending of £25k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £23k to £42k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Richard Bentley Smalley Memorial Hall sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alconbury Independent Baptist Church Fund (£42k), St John's Methodist Church Hindley (£42k) and Christ the Hope of Glory Ministries UK (£42k).