The Rufforth Institute

Analysis

The Rufforth Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rufforth Institute reported income of £24k and spending of £10k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,788 to £24k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Rufforth Institute sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skeeby Jubilee Village Hall (£24k), The Boughton Village Hall (£24k) and Northwick Bowling Club (£24k).