Sompting Village Hall

Analysis

Sompting Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancing. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sompting Village Hall reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £24k to £19k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sompting Village Hall sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boathouse Theatre Arts (£19k), The Belvoir Charitable Trust (£19k) and Woking Strokeability (£19k).