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Wincanton Recreational Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1174519SomersetAmateur sport and recreation
Income£84k2025-09-30
Spending£85ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Wincanton Recreational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Wincanton Recreational Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £85k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £86k to £84k (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wincanton Recreational Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seaton Burn Cricket Club (£84k), Norwich Dragons Hockey Club (£84k) and Joseph Rowntree School Fund (£84k).

Income and spending

£0£26k£52k£78k£104k2021 Income: £86,0862021 Spending: £104,21820212022 Income: £83,3482022 Spending: £97,64320222023 Income: £51,5302023 Spending: £64,41220232024 Income: £84,0732024 Spending: £58,76920242025 Income: £84,0732025 Spending: £85,1172025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WINCANTON AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Seaton Burn Cricket ClubNewcastle Upon Tyne£84k
Norwich Dragons Hockey ClubNorfolk£84k
Joseph Rowntree School FundLeeds£84k
George Watson Memorial HallTewkesbury£84k