Samlesbury Memorial Hall

Analysis

Samlesbury Memorial Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Samlesbury Memorial Hall reported income of £44k and spending of £40k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £44k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Samlesbury Memorial Hall sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Courage - Dyer Recreational Trust (£44k), Langton Community Hall Charity (£44k) and The Living Theatre Whitwell (£44k).