Gainsborough Adventure Playground CIO

Analysis

Gainsborough Adventure Playground CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gainsborough Adventure Playground CIO reported income of £163k and spending of £110k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £86k to £163k (+90%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gainsborough Adventure Playground CIO sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woking Boys' and Girls' Club (£163k), Caflo (Community Actions for Local Opportunities) (£163k) and Hendon United Sports Club (£163k).