Lower Halstow Memorial Hall

Analysis

Lower Halstow Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sittingbourne. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Lower Halstow Memorial Hall reported income of £16k and spending of £25k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £11k to £16k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lower Halstow Memorial Hall sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Norton Scout Group (£16k), Callow End Playing Fields Association (£16k) and Bishop's Own Scout and Guide Group (£16k).

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.