Low Bentham Public Hall and Victoria Institute

Analysis

Low Bentham Public Hall and Victoria Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 March 2025, Low Bentham Public Hall and Victoria Institute reported income of £172k and spending of £158k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £172k (+426%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 472%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Low Bentham Public Hall and Victoria Institute sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compass Live Art Limited (£171k), Teatro Vivo Ltd (£172k) and The Friends of Hatherop Church of England Primary School (£171k).