Acle War Memorial Recreation Centre

Analysis

Acle War Memorial Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in April 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Acle War Memorial Recreation Centre reported income of £222k and spending of £236k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £281k to £222k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Acle War Memorial Recreation Centre sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertfordshire Young Mariners' Base (£222k), Waveney Football Club (£222k) and Silverline Memories CIO (£222k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.