Mereworth Village Hall

Analysis

Mereworth Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in January 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mereworth Village Hall reported income of £12k and spending of £18k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £12k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Mereworth 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flushing Bowling Green Committee (£12k), Chepstow Rifle Club (£12k) and Birch Coppice Miners' Social Welfare Centre (£12k).