Pitney Recreation Ground Trust

Analysis

Pitney Recreation Ground Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pitney. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pitney Recreation Ground Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £11k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £13k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 518%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pitney Recreation Ground Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shackleford St Marys School (£13k), Croft-On-Tees Community Village Hall (£13k) and St Osyth Playing Field (£13k).