Orpington Village Hall Trust

Analysis

Orpington Village Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in November 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Orpington Village Hall Trust reported income of £151k and spending of £160k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £204k to £151k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Orpington Village Hall Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maureen Behrman Charity (£150k), The Blyth Watson Charitable Trust (£151k) and The Bertie Black Foundation (£150k).

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.