Ringwood Meeting House Association Limited

Analysis

Ringwood Meeting House Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ringwood. It was registered in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01764395). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ringwood Meeting House Association Limited reported income of £34k and spending of £61k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,014 to £34k (+283%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 216% 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, Ringwood Meeting House Association Limited sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sevenoaks Philharmonic Society (£34k), The Watmough Memorial Hall (£34k) and Nesscliffe Young Farmers'club (£34k).

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.