Cotton End Village Hall

Analysis

Cotton End Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in April 1963, 63 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cotton End Village Hall reported income of £27k and spending of £36k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £27k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cotton End Village Hall sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wharncliffe Woodmoor Miners' Welfare Scheme (£27k), 11th Farnham Scout Group (£28k) and Copeman Centre (£27k).