Watton Sports and Recreational Centre

Analysis

Watton Sports and Recreational Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thetford. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Watton Sports and Recreational Centre reported income of £132k and spending of £153k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £143k to £132k (-7.7%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Watton Sports and Recreational Centre 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 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Help for Education and Local Projects in the Gambia (£132k), Ecyps (Children and Young Persons' Services) (£132k) and Scouloudi Foundation (£132k).