Heapey and Wheelton Village Hall

Analysis

Heapey and Wheelton Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Heapey and Wheelton Village Hall reported income of £22k and spending of £29k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £22k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Heapey and Wheelton Village Hall sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charlton Athletic Museum (£22k), Bristol Cabot Choir (£22k) and Payhembury Parish Hall (£22k).

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.