Tockwith and Wilstrop Recreation Ground

Analysis

Tockwith and Wilstrop Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in January 1977, 49 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 and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tockwith and Wilstrop Recreation Ground reported income of £144k and spending of £156k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £144k (+554%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 3706%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Tockwith and Wilstrop Recreation Ground sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knowle Park After School Care (£144k), Kiveton Park FC 1892 (£144k) and Mid Glamorgan Area Scout Council (£143k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.