Swimbridge Village Hall

Analysis

Swimbridge Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in July 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Swimbridge Village Hall reported income of £24k and spending of £22k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £23k to £24k (+5.1%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Swimbridge Village Hall sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Not Cricket Productions (£24k), Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture (£24k) and Drigg and District Young Farmers Club (£24k).