The Alconbury Recreation Field

Analysis

The Alconbury Recreation Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huntingdon. It was registered in May 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Alconbury Recreation Field reported income of £71k and spending of £87k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £71k to £71k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Alconbury Recreation Field sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clockwork Charitable Trust (£71k), The Ella Rowcroft Endowment Trust (£71k) and St George the Martyr Charity (£71k).

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.