Park Life Heavitree

Analysis

Park Life Heavitree is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07735745). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Park Life Heavitree reported income of £97k and spending of £154k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £107k to £97k (-8.8%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Park Life Heavitree sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wick Community Association (£97k), Fordingbridge and District Community Association (£97k) and Alexandra Community Sports and Leisure Centre Ltd (£97k).

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.