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Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees

RegisteredRegistered charity number 520362CumbriaAmateur sport and recreation
Income£72k2025-09-30
Spending£61ksame year
Spent / received119%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1970Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in March 1970, 56 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.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees reported income of £72k and spending of £61k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1,790 to £72k (+3937%), an average of +152% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 597%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Park Avenue Bradford Limited (£72k), The Leeds Schools' Sports Association (£72k) and The Worcester/Birmingham and Droitwich Canals Society (£72k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£36k£54k£72k2021 Income: £1,7902021 Spending: £7,12420212022 Income: £4,7112022 Spending: £27,62120222023 Income: £24,4502023 Spending: £11,51320232024 Income: £10,3622024 Spending: £27,95920242025 Income: £72,2612025 Spending: £61,1522025
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In the charity's own words

Sporting and Recreational Facility for the Local Community

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Park Avenue Bradford LimitedLeeds£72k
The Leeds Schools' Sports AssociationWest Yorkshire£72k
The Worcester/Birmingham and Droitwich Canals SocietyBromsgrove£72k
The Northumberland County Federation of Young Farmers ClubNewcastle upon Tyne£72k