Finchingfield Village Hall

Analysis

Finchingfield Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Finchingfield Village Hall reported income of £12k and spending of £31k, spending 268% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £15k to £12k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Finchingfield Village Hall sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diaspora Ivoirienne UK (£12k), Heyrod Residents Community Association (£12k) and Matthew 25:40 (£11k).

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.