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Public Recreation Ground (Henry Martin Lindsell Bequest)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 231489BedfordshireAmateur sport and recreation
Income£24k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause57th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Public Recreation Ground (Henry Martin Lindsell Bequest) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Public Recreation Ground (Henry Martin Lindsell Bequest) reported income of £24k and spending of £22k, spending 91% of its income. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 612%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Public Recreation Ground (Henry Martin Lindsell Bequest) sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% 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 Communities United Project (£24k), Charitable Foundation for the Education of Nepalese Children (£24k) and Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (£24k).

Income and spending

£0£6,050£12k£18k£24k2021 Income: £02021 Spending: £020212022 Income: £2,6752022 Spending: £3,99920222023 Income: £2,6752023 Spending: £3,76120232024 Income: £3,4002024 Spending: £5,37820242025 Income: £24,2002025 Spending: £22,0262025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Town Council care for recreation grounds to include fairfield recreation ground this was left solely for the use of cricket for the Town of Biggleswade.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Communities United ProjectUrmston£24k
Charitable Foundation for the Education of Nepalese ChildrenChippenham£24k
Stalisfield Village Hall TrustKent£24k
Barrowden Village Hall CIORutland£24k