Chelmers Village Hall

Analysis

Chelmers Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chelmers Village Hall reported income of £48k and spending of £43k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £48k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chelmers Village Hall sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manor Church and Community Project (£48k), The National Benevolent Society of Watch and Clock Makers (£48k) and North Tyne & Redesdale Community Partnership (£48k).