Porlock Recreation Ground

Analysis

Porlock Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Minehead. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 December 2025, Porlock Recreation Ground reported income of £33k and spending of £39k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £33k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Porlock Recreation Ground sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Verona Association (£33k), 1st Northwood Scout Group (£33k) and The Dr W E Ripper Memorial Hall (£33k).