Larsen Recreation Ground

Analysis

Larsen Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in May 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Larsen Recreation Ground reported income of £16k and spending of £100k, spending 636% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £16k (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 382% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Larsen Recreation Ground sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 14th Grenoside Scouts (£16k), Hackleton and District Women's Institute (£16k) and 4th Leicester Scout Group (£16k).

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.