The Downton Memorial Centre

Analysis

The Downton Memorial Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in May 2019, 7 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Downton Memorial Centre reported income of £54k and spending of £50k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £54k (+195%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Downton Memorial Centre sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilby Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£54k), Brentwood Community Football Alliance Youth League (£54k) and The Lympne Playing Field and Village Hall (£54k).