Bull Croft Recreation Ground

Analysis

Bull Croft Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, accommodation/housing, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bull Croft Recreation Ground reported income of £91k and spending of £111k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £59k to £91k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bull Croft Recreation Ground 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 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pontefract and Ackworth Almshouse Charity (£91k), Bartletts Almshouses (£92k) and Howard de Walden Hostel Charity (£91k).

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.