The Underbarrow Institute

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Underbarrow Institute reported income of £11k and spending of £19k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £19k to £11k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 218%. 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, The Underbarrow Institute sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roos Village Amenities Association (£11k), Twenty Village Hall (£11k) and Radwell Village Hall (£11k).