Elsecar Recreation Ground

Analysis

Elsecar Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in December 1997, 29 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.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Elsecar Recreation Ground reported income of £130k and spending of £130k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income grew from £116k to £130k (+12%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. 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, Elsecar Recreation Ground sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tow Law Community Association (£130k), Midland Sports Centre for the Disabled Trust Limited (£130k) and Beech Hurst Gardens Charity (£130k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.