The Merry Bells Village Hall

Analysis

The Merry Bells Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Merry Bells Village Hall reported income of £55k and spending of £69k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £42k to £55k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Merry Bells Village Hall sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Diocese of Norwich Churches Trust (£55k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Harvington (£55k) and Croes Y Parc Baptist Church (£55k).