Buxton Village Hall and Playing Field

Analysis

Buxton Village Hall and Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in February 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Buxton Village Hall and Playing Field reported income of £11k and spending of £18k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £11k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Buxton Village Hall and Playing Field sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King George V Playing Field - Newington (£11k), Village Hall (£11k) and War Memorial Playing Fields (£11k).