Westhope Village Hall

Analysis

Westhope Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Westhope Village Hall reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £18k to £20k (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 285%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Westhope Village Hall 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 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charnwood Orchestra (£20k), Rawreth Parish Hall (£20k) and Loweswater Village Hall (£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.