Redbourn Recreation Centre and Playing Fields Trust

Analysis

Redbourn Recreation Centre and Playing Fields Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Albans. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03131968). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Redbourn Recreation Centre and Playing Fields Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £14k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £670 to £22k (+3165%), an average of +139% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 4234%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Redbourn Recreation Centre and Playing Fields Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 9th Itchen (Woolston Methodist) Sea Scout Group (£22k), Southbrook Community Centre (£22k) and 25th Stretford (Firswood) Scout Group (£22k).