Cockfield Village Hall

Analysis

Cockfield Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cockfield Village Hall reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £27k to £11k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Cockfield Village Hall sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Old School Community Association (Henham) (£11k), John Bucknam or Buckman's Charity (£11k) and Emsworth Men's Shed (£11k).

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.