Carhampton Recreation Ground

Analysis

Carhampton Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, 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 December 2025, Carhampton Recreation Ground reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £28k to £14k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Carhampton Recreation Ground sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Chart Playing Fields Association (£14k), Shoscombe Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground (£14k) and Wyke Regis Community and Sports Association (£14k).