Sarn Recreation Association

Analysis

Sarn Recreation Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newtown. It was registered in August 2008, 18 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 April 2025, Sarn Recreation Association reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £15k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sarn Recreation Association sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belchamp Walter Village Hall (£15k), Mansfield Unit 233 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£15k) and The Laurentian Charitable Trust (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.