Pavenham Village Hall and Playing Field Charity

Analysis

Pavenham Village Hall and Playing Field Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pavenham Village Hall and Playing Field Charity reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £15k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pavenham Village Hall and Playing Field Charity sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Team True Spirit (£15k), Torpenhow Village Hall Committee (£15k) and Marlpit Community Centre (£15k).