Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall

Analysis

Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall reported income of £220k and spending of £239k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £64k to £220k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fit2live Sports (£220k), Abbeydale Community Association (£220k) and Surrey Clubs for Young People (£220k).

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.