Teston Village Hall

Analysis

Teston Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in April 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Teston Village Hall reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £15k to £10k (-31%), an average of -9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Teston Village Hall sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chichester City Band (£10k), The James Hargreaves Community Hall Morcombelake (£10k) and Spectra Ensemble (£10k).

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.