4 Recreation Limited

Analysis

4 Recreation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in August 2010, 16 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 06768060). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 4 Recreation Limited reported income of £22k and spending of £52k, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £22k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 4 Recreation Limited 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 The Penrose Club for Adults with Special Needs (£22k), Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust (£22k) and Sampford Peverell Recreation Ground and Village Hall Charity (£22k).

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.