The Thurlestone Parish Hall

Analysis

The Thurlestone Parish Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingsbridge. It was registered in August 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 December 2025, The Thurlestone Parish Hall reported income of £25k and spending of £27k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £25k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, The Thurlestone Parish 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 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cockermouth Round Table Charitable Trust (£25k), Kislingbury Village Hall (£25k) and Drayton Park School PTA (£25k).

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.