Mizzymead Recreation Centre

Analysis

Mizzymead Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1968, 58 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 April 2026, Mizzymead Recreation Centre reported income of £300k and spending of £268k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £134k to £300k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Mizzymead Recreation Centre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bright Ideas for Tennis (£300k), The Attlee Centre (£300k) and Walker Central Football Club (£300k).