Hernhill Village Hall and Playing Fields

Analysis

Hernhill Village Hall and Playing Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitstable. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, 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 March 2025, Hernhill Village Hall and Playing Fields reported income of £20k and spending of £21k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £20k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hernhill Village Hall and Playing Fields sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 3rd Rhos on Sea Scout Group (£20k), Heart of Hayling Boxing Academy (£20k) and 5th Carshalton Scout Group (£20k).