Purley Memorial Hall

Analysis

Purley Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in June 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Purley Memorial Hall reported income of £17k and spending of £22k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £28k to £17k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Purley Memorial Hall 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 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knaresborough Museum Association (£17k), Rose Ash Village Hall (£17k) and Artist Rooms Foundation (£17k).

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.