Get Hooked on Fishing

Analysis

Get Hooked on Fishing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkeston. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06800071). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Get Hooked on Fishing reported income of £171k and spending of £151k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £257k to £171k (-33%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Get Hooked on Fishing 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 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stanley Turner Recreation Ground (£171k), Kirkdale Neighbourhood Community (£171k) and Mountfield Pleasure Ground (£171k).

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