Phoenix Sports and Recreation (Rotherham)

Analysis

Phoenix Sports and Recreation (Rotherham) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09446920). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Phoenix Sports and Recreation (Rotherham) reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.8m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2024, income grew from £1.2m to £1.5m (+26%), an average of +8.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Phoenix Sports and Recreation (Rotherham) sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peepul Centre (£1.5m), School Food Matters (£1.5m) and Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Bhuj (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 70% and charitable activities 29%. Charitable activities took 48% of spending and raising funds 52%. Reserves of £32.2m would cover about 218 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.