Great Barford Village Hall

Analysis

Great Barford Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Great Barford Village Hall reported income of £67k and spending of £54k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £19k to £67k (+252%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 108%. 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, Great Barford Village Hall sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Egglescliffe Community Centre (£67k), West Auckland Memorial Community Association (£67k) and St Aidan's Trust (£67k).