Great Yeldham Sports Ground

Analysis

Great Yeldham Sports Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Great Yeldham Sports Ground reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £5,760 to £10k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 838%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Great Yeldham Sports Ground sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Netherfield Bowling Club (£10k), West Ashling and Funtington District Hall (£10k) and Ace Resource Centre (£10k).

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.