Spinal Unit Recreational Fund

Analysis

Spinal Unit Recreational Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Normanton. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Spinal Unit Recreational Fund reported income of £22k and spending of £30k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £22k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Spinal Unit Recreational Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% 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 Kylemore Community Association (£22k), Heartlink Ealing Hospital Heart Support Group (£22k) and Acorn Pregnancy Counselling Centre Limited (£22k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.