Walmer Bridge Village Hall

Analysis

Walmer Bridge Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in February 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Walmer Bridge Village Hall reported income of £54k and spending of £68k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £42k to £54k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Walmer Bridge Village Hall sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East London Metropolitan Opera (£54k), The University of Essex Choir (£54k) and Carlton Little Theatre Trust (£54k).

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.