Great Ellingham Recreation Ground and Centre

Analysis

Great Ellingham Recreation Ground and Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Great Ellingham Recreation Ground and Centre reported income of £47k and spending of £25k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £47k (+288%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Great Ellingham Recreation Ground and Centre sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somersham Support Group (£47k), Liberty Christian Centre (Hemel Hempstead) (£47k) and Maybridge Keystone Club (£47k).