Dorchester-On-Thames Village Hall

Analysis

Dorchester-On-Thames Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallingford. It was registered in December 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 December 2025, Dorchester-On-Thames Village Hall reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £39k to £15k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Dorchester-On-Thames Village Hall sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swindon Male Voice Choir (£15k), Leatherhead Concert and Arts Society (£15k) and Hepscott Village Hall (£15k).

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.