Gladstone Memorial Recreation Ground

Analysis

Gladstone Memorial Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gladstone Memorial Recreation Ground reported income of £63k and spending of £47k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £78k to £63k (-19%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gladstone Memorial Recreation Ground sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northern Counties Pony Association (£63k), Shropshire Severn and Teme District Scout Council (£63k) and Calderdale Community Coaching Trust (£63k).