Bletsoe Village Hall

Analysis

Bletsoe Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Bletsoe Village Hall reported income of £18k and spending of £17k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £20k to £18k (-11%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bletsoe Village Hall sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Looe Rowing Club (£18k), Thrussington Village Hall (£18k) and The Canoe Slalom and Eighth Earl Spencer Centre for Young People (£18k).