Fernhurst Recreation Ground Trust

Analysis

Fernhurst Recreation Ground Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haslemere. It was registered in October 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 March 2026, Fernhurst Recreation Ground Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £77k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £655k to £54k (-92%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Fernhurst Recreation Ground Trust 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 Black Girls Do Run UK (£54k), County Bridge Club (£54k) and Winsham Recreational Trust (£54k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.