The Dalton-In-Furness District Recreational Charity Trust

Analysis

The Dalton-In-Furness District Recreational Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dalton-In-Furness District Recreational Charity Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £15k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £160k to £28k (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Dalton-In-Furness District Recreational Charity Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2nd Welwyn (Oaklands) Scout Group (£28k), South Green and District War Memorial Fund (£28k) and Winterbourne Monkton Community Hall (£28k).