Hawkshead Market Hall Trust

Analysis

Hawkshead Market Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ambleside. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Hawkshead Market Hall Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £13k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £38k to £28k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, Hawkshead Market Hall Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canolfan Ceiriog Centre Cyf (£28k), Norton House Community Centre (£28k) and Toft Village Hall (£28k).