Blakeney and District Recreation Centre

Analysis

Blakeney and District Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blakeney. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blakeney and District Recreation Centre reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,378 to £12k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1448%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blakeney and District Recreation Centre sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hugh and Montague Leney Travelling Awards Trust (£12k), Mozidia Trust UK (£12k) and Somali Women and Children Community Development Group (Swaco) (£12k).