Brilley and Michaelchurch Village Hall

Analysis

Brilley and Michaelchurch Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in October 1989, 37 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, Brilley and Michaelchurch Village Hall reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £16k to £14k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, Brilley and Michaelchurch Village Hall sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newark Town Band (£14k), Southwold Music Trust (£14k) and Kew Sinfonia (£14k).

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.