Lydney Recreation Trust

Analysis

Lydney Recreation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lydney. It was registered in June 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Lydney Recreation Trust reported income of £109k and spending of £100k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £46k to £109k (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lydney Recreation Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paul Canoville Foundation (£109k), Wiggenhall St Germans Memorial Hall and Playing Field (£109k) and Hertford Town Community FC Sports Education Trust (£109k).