Town Hall Charity

Analysis

Town Hall Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop Auckland. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Town Hall Charity reported income of £12k and spending of £17k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £56k to £12k (-79%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Town Hall Charity sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warboys Academy PTFA (£12k), Colchester Unit 88 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£12k) and Totternhoe CE Academy Parents' Association (£12k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.