Portesham Village Hall

Analysis

Portesham Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Portesham Village Hall reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £20k to £15k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Portesham Village Hall sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% 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 Women's Institute - Chinley and Buxworth (£15k), Penn Street Village Hall (£15k) and East Woodhay Silver Band (£15k).