The Abercorn Recreation Ground

Analysis

The Abercorn Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fleet. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Abercorn Recreation Ground reported income of £15k and spending of £15k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £22k to £15k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Abercorn Recreation Ground sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rowland Rank Centre (£15k), 1st Keighley Scout Group (£15k) and Belstead Village Hall (£15k).