Scothern Recreation Centre

Analysis

Scothern Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Scothern Recreation Centre reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £23k to £14k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Scothern Recreation Centre sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little League Football (£14k), 1st Holt Scout Group (£14k) and Coppull Parish Church Scout Group (£14k).