Clapham and Patching Village Hall and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Clapham and Patching Village Hall and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worthing. It was registered in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Clapham and Patching Village Hall and Recreation Ground reported income of £33k and spending of £26k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21k to £33k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Clapham and Patching Village Hall and Recreation Ground sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunbury Skiff and Punting Club (£33k), The 1st Ripley Group Boy Scouts (£33k) and West Coker Commemoration Hall (£33k).