The Picket Piece Combined Recreation Hall

Analysis

The Picket Piece Combined Recreation Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, recreation and other charitable purposes, 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 September 2025, The Picket Piece Combined Recreation Hall reported income of £31k and spending of £21k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £2,564 to £31k (+1106%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 7525%. Over the whole period it spent 7.0% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Picket Piece Combined Recreation Hall sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thurcaston and Cropston Memorial Hall (£31k), Verwood Memorial Hall Trust (£31k) and Hillside Rural Activities Park (£31k).