Over Wyre Sports and Recreation Association

Analysis

Over Wyre Sports and Recreation Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Over Wyre Sports and Recreation Association reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £38k to £22k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Over Wyre Sports and Recreation Association sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 32nd Bromley (St Mary's Hayes) Scout Group (£22k), Pleasley Miners' Welfare Trust (£22k) and Appleton Village Hall (£22k).

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.