Village Hall

Analysis

Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Village Hall reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £35k to £16k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 430%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, 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 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grane Engineering Museum (£15k), The Frank Reynolds Community Centre (£16k) and Frays Charitable Trust (£15k).

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.