Hambridge and Westport Recreation Trust

Analysis

Hambridge and Westport Recreation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in December 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Hambridge and Westport Recreation Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £26k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £35k to £21k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hambridge and Westport Recreation Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ayscough Hall Trust (£21k), Lark in the Park (Community Projects) (£21k) and The Ancell Trust (£21k).