Rushmere Commoners

Analysis

Rushmere Commoners is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in February 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rushmere Commoners reported income of £39k and spending of £41k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £39k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Rushmere Commoners sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Milverton Recreation Ground (£39k), Fowlmere Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£39k) and Vale of Lune Young Farmers' Club (£39k).