Sparkwell Parish Hall and Playground Trust

Analysis

Sparkwell Parish Hall and Playground Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sparkwell Parish Hall and Playground Trust reported income of £71k and spending of £79k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £71k (+359%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Sparkwell Parish Hall and Playground Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The European Doctors Orchestra (£71k), Côr Meibion Treforys / Morriston Male Choir (£71k) and The Society of Designer-Craftsmen (£71k).