Bentley Village Hall

Analysis

Bentley Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in May 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 2026, Bentley Village Hall reported income of £26k and spending of £38k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £35k to £26k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Bentley Village Hall sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tooley's Boatyard Trust (£26k), The Lancaster Canal Trust (£26k) and Eric Hosking Trust (£26k).