Parish Room (Farnham)

Analysis

Parish Room (Farnham) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishops Stortford. It was registered in November 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parish Room (Farnham) reported income of £17k and spending of £52k, spending 300% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,971 to £17k (+333%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 232%. Over the whole period it spent 190% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Parish Room (Farnham) sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blessed Generation (£17k), Woodsley Road Multicultural Community Centre (£17k) and Friends of St Marys School Clophill (£17k).