Great Shefford Village Hall

Analysis

Great Shefford Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in July 1962, 64 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Great Shefford Village Hall reported income of £12k and spending of £23k, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £15k to £12k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Great Shefford Village Hall sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haslingfield Choir (£12k), Clacton Choral Society (£12k) and Lavenham Sinfonia (£12k).