Clovelly Recreation Ground and Village Hall

Analysis

Clovelly Recreation Ground and Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Clovelly Recreation Ground and Village Hall reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £17k to £21k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Clovelly Recreation Ground and Village Hall sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% 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 Holtby Village Hall Management Committee (£21k), Admiral Long's Foundation (£21k) and Indian Queens Victory Hall (£21k).

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.