The Longsdon Memorial Hall

Analysis

The Longsdon Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Longsdon Memorial Hall reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £13k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, The Longsdon Memorial Hall sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chanctonbury Chorus (£13k), The Hull Choral Union (£13k) and Liverpool Bach Collective (£13k).

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.