Hitchin Town Hall Gymnasium and Workman's Hall Trust

Analysis

Hitchin Town Hall Gymnasium and Workman's Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth Garden City. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hitchin Town Hall Gymnasium and Workman's Hall Trust reported income of £106k and spending of £169k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £51k to £106k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 172% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Hitchin Town Hall Gymnasium and Workman's Hall Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Trust (£105k), Little Ouse Headwaters Project (£106k) and The National Honey Show Limited (£105k).

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.