Shalbourne Recreation Ground

Analysis

Shalbourne Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Shalbourne Recreation Ground reported income of £20k and spending of £17k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £19k to £20k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shalbourne Recreation Ground sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Somercotes Playing Field (£20k), Norton Village Hall (£20k) and George Jobson's Trust (£20k).