The Higginson Park Charity

Analysis

The Higginson Park Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in May 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Higginson Park Charity reported income of £271k and spending of £477k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £173k to £271k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 172% 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 Higginson Park Charity sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wheely Tots (£271k), Date Palm Foundation (£272k) and 1066 Gymnastics (£270k).

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.