Bucklebury Memorial Hall

Analysis

Bucklebury Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bucklebury Memorial Hall reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £20k (-2.6%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bucklebury Memorial Hall sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellington Choral Society (£20k), The Arts Society Sarum (£20k) and Opera Worcester (£20k).

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.