The Village Hall, Belstone

Analysis

The Village Hall, Belstone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Village Hall, Belstone reported income of £23k and spending of £25k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £23k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Village Hall, Belstone sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Air Forces Association Weston Super Mare Branch (£23k), Mill Hill Preservation Society (£23k) and The Joe Franklin Charitable Trust (£23k).