Elford Village Hall

Analysis

Elford Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Elford Village Hall reported income of £19k and spending of £35k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £21k to £19k (-9.5%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Elford Village Hall sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include D M G Roper Charitable Trust (£19k), The Tyneholme Trust (£19k) and Association of Friends of Lord Harris Court (£19k).

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.