Bickleigh Recreation Trust

Analysis

Bickleigh Recreation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tiverton. It was registered in March 1977, 49 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 December 2024, Bickleigh Recreation Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £35k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £19k to £27k (+39%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 1710%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bickleigh Recreation Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Kilworth Scout Group (£27k), Keep the Dream Alive (£27k) and 8th Wyre Forest (St Johns) Scout Group (£27k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.