Ness Village Hall Fund

Analysis

Ness Village Hall Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Neston. It was registered in June 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ness Village Hall Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £14k (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ness Village Hall Fund sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highampton Recreation and Hall Committee (£14k), Dalton Piercy Village Hall Association (£14k) and Village Hall and Playing Fields (£14k).

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.