Meriden Village Hall

Analysis

Meriden Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Meriden Village Hall reported income of £12k and spending of £4,832, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £12k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 222%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Meriden Village Hall sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Long Bennington Playing Fields Management Committee (£12k), Mark Cross Community Centre (£12k) and The Berkhamsted Sports Ground Charitable Association Limited (£12k).