Murton Recreational Charity

Analysis

Murton Recreational Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Seaham. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Murton Recreational Charity reported income of £111k and spending of £195k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £149k to £111k (-25%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Murton Recreational Charity 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust (£111k), New Green Community Trust (£112k) and Boys and Girls Clubs of South Yorkshire (£111k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.