Cardington Village Hall

Analysis

Cardington Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cardington Village Hall reported income of £23k and spending of £27k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £26k to £23k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Cardington Village Hall sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA of Graham James Primary Academy (£23k), Young Medway (£23k) and Brindle Parish Institute (£22k).

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.