Grays Public Purposes and Recreational Charity

Analysis

Grays Public Purposes and Recreational Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grays. It was registered in June 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Grays Public Purposes and Recreational Charity reported income of £13k and spending of £10k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £13k to £13k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Grays Public Purposes and Recreational Charity sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Holy Family Primary School (£13k), Ham Playing Field (£13k) and The Shropshire Youth Foundation (£13k).