Shoscombe Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Shoscombe Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shoscombe Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground reported income of £14k and spending of £7,216, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £14k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shoscombe Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carhampton Recreation Ground (£14k), 13th Burton on Trent Scout Group (£14k) and Great Chart Playing Fields Association (£14k).