Recreation Ground

Analysis

Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alton. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Recreation Ground reported income of £12k and spending of £8,342, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £2,913 to £12k (+310%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 528%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Recreation Ground sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Thomas More School Letchworth Parents' Association (£12k), Friends of Holme Hall School (£12k) and Chepstow Rifle Club (£12k).