Bardney Village Hall and Playing Field

Analysis

Bardney Village Hall and Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bardney Village Hall and Playing Field reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £20k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Bardney Village Hall and Playing Field sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Greens Norton Village Charitable Trust (£20k), Queens Park Singers (£20k) and Coombe Community Trust (£20k).

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.