Shebbear Village Hall and Playing Fields

Analysis

Shebbear Village Hall and Playing Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in June 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 February 2025, Shebbear Village Hall and Playing Fields reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £20k to £14k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Shebbear Village Hall and Playing Fields sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Finnish Saturday School in Camberley (£14k), Octandre Ensemble (£14k) and Glasbury (Radnor) Village Hall (£14k).