Occold Recreational and Amenities Council

Analysis

Occold Recreational and Amenities Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Occold Recreational and Amenities Council reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £31k to £21k (-32%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Occold Recreational and Amenities Council sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Society Stour Valley (£21k), The East Sussex Federation of Women's Institutes CIO (£21k) and Fylingdales Museum & Archive Trust (£21k).