Recreation Ground

Analysis

Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisbech. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 March 2025, Recreation Ground reported income of £16k and spending of £22k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £16k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Recreation Ground sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashton Amenity Area (£16k), 15th Leicester Scout Group (£16k) and The Plymtree Parish Hall and Recreation Ground Charity (£16k).