Witton Gilbert Village Hall Association

Analysis

Witton Gilbert Village Hall Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Witton Gilbert Village Hall Association reported income of £25k and spending of £30k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £28k to £25k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Witton Gilbert Village Hall Association sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Start-A-Heart 247 (£25k), Seed Sowers Trust (£25k) and The Evelyn Phipps Memorial Fund (£25k).

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.