Abingdon Bowling Club

Analysis

Abingdon Bowling Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in February 2005, 21 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 October 2025, Abingdon Bowling Club reported income of £48k and spending of £56k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £36k to £48k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Abingdon Bowling Club sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The South Oxford Adventure Playground CIO (£48k), Wray Village Hall (£48k) and The Thames Rowing Club Charitable Trust (£48k).

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.