Newton Abbot and District Recreational Trust Limited

Analysis

Newton Abbot and District Recreational Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00901063). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Newton Abbot and District Recreational Trust Limited reported income of £168k and spending of £154k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £113k to £168k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Newton Abbot and District Recreational Trust Limited sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Tavistock Youth Cafe (£168k), J S F Pollitzer Charitable Settlement (£168k) and Liquid Listening (£168k).