Rooksdown Community Association

Analysis

Rooksdown Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rooksdown Community Association reported income of £97k and spending of £113k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £103k to £97k (-5.7%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Rooksdown Community Association 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 Wendover Pre-School (£97k), Mutley Greenbank Trust (£97k) and Clarence Park Recreation Ground (£97k).

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.