Digby Hall and Library

Analysis

Digby Hall and Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in March 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and 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 March 2025, Digby Hall and Library reported income of £63k and spending of £74k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £63k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Digby Hall and Library sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barns Green Playing Fields (Or Barns Green Village Hall) (£63k), Calderdale Community Coaching Trust (£63k) and Surrey Squash (£63k).