Blue Lights Parish Hall

Analysis

Blue Lights Parish Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in August 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. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Blue Lights Parish Hall reported income of £12k and spending of £9,882, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £22k to £12k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Blue Lights Parish 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 Morecambe Bay Prawner Trust (£12k), Hockley Public Hall (£12k) and Leeds Vocal Movement (£12k).