Fornham St Martin Village Hall

Analysis

Fornham St Martin Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St. Edmunds. It was registered in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Fornham St Martin Village Hall reported income of £17k and spending of £16k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £17k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fornham St Martin Village Hall sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Bideford Charity Fund (£17k), The Stephen Carey Fund (£17k) and Keepthebeat (£17k).