Badcock Recreation Ground

Analysis

Badcock Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Badcock Recreation Ground reported income of £24k and spending of £22k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,062 to £24k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Badcock Recreation Ground sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Bristol Brass Band (£24k), The Chepstow Male Voice Choir/Cor Meibion Cas-Gwent (£24k) and New Hall Kidz (£24k).