Recreation Ground

Analysis

Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in December 1963, 63 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 2026, Recreation Ground reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £10k to £16k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Recreation Ground sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boughton Playing Field (£16k), 1st Market Harborough Scout Group (£16k) and 3rd Thorpe-Le-Soken Scout Group (£16k).