Ridgewell Village Hall

Analysis

Ridgewell Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halstead. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, 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 December 2025, Ridgewell Village Hall reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £90k to £16k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ridgewell Village Hall sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Air Cadets (Wales and West) Welfare and Sports Fund (£16k), 11th Spen Valley Scout Group (£16k) and Tewkesbury Unit 333 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£16k).