Mortimer (St John's) Village Hall

Analysis

Mortimer (St John's) Village 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 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mortimer (St John's) Village Hall reported income of £22k and spending of £21k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £22k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 42%. 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, Mortimer (St John's) Village Hall sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weston Village Hall (£22k), Rode and District Memorial Hall (£22k) and Bromyard and District Local History Society (£22k).