Southwater Village Hall

Analysis

Southwater Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Southwater Village Hall reported income of £26k and spending of £46k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £40k to £26k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Southwater Village 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 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Castle Bromwich Christadelphian Ecclesia (£26k), Lighthouse Community Church Carmarthen Bay (£26k) and Hartfield Church Trust (£26k).

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.