The Walpole Parish Foundation and Recreation Trust

Analysis

The Walpole Parish Foundation and Recreation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisbech. It was registered in July 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Walpole Parish Foundation and Recreation Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £33k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £38k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Walpole Parish Foundation and Recreation Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willand Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£38k), Ashurstwood Junior Football Club (£38k) and The James Caird Society (£38k).