Belstead Village Hall

Analysis

Belstead Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Belstead Village Hall reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £19k to £15k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Belstead Village Hall sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Bradley, Yarnbrook and Brokers Wood Peace Memorial Fund (£15k), The Rowland Rank Centre (£15k) and Whitchurch and Oving Youth Club (£15k).

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.