The Ripley Recreation Ground

Analysis

The Ripley Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in August 1964, 62 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 March 2025, The Ripley Recreation Ground reported income of £52k and spending of £57k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £875 to £52k (+5888%), an average of +178% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Ripley Recreation Ground sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Finchampstead Park (£52k), Elm Tree Community Association (£52k) and Henlow/Clifton Scout Group (£52k).