Manston Village Hall

Analysis

Manston Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1963, 63 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manston Village Hall reported income of £36k and spending of £38k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £36k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Manston Village Hall sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxenhope Straw Race (£36k), Sunderland Samba FC (£36k) and Sporting Challenge (£36k).

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.