Alston Recreation Ground

Analysis

Alston Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Alston Recreation Ground reported income of £42k and spending of £38k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £6,120 to £42k (+594%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 247%. 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, Alston Recreation Ground sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kewstoke Village Hall and Playing Field Trust (£42k), Downham Market Young Farmers Club (£42k) and Bishopswood Village Hall (£42k).