Overton Recreation Centre

Analysis

Overton Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Overton Recreation Centre reported income of £223k and spending of £207k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £178k to £223k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Overton Recreation Centre sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maison de L'institut de France a Londres (Fondation Edmond de Rothschild) (£223k), The DRS Green and Slater Rest Houses CIO (£223k) and Wheelhouse Square Flats (£223k).