Oakley Recreational Association

Analysis

Oakley Recreational Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oakley Recreational Association reported income of £41k and spending of £33k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £41k (+251%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Oakley Recreational Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Albans Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£41k), Lee Hub - Independent Community Library (£41k) and Bisley Scouts (£41k).