Shorne Village Hall

Analysis

Shorne Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gravesend. 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shorne Village Hall reported income of £30k and spending of £40k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £47k to £30k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shorne Village Hall sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swinstead Village Hall (£30k), Kirby Muxloe Library and Community Hub (£30k) and 103rd Derby Scout Group (£30k).

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.