Measham Community and Recreation Centre

Analysis

Measham Community and Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swadlincote. It was registered in May 1965, 61 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, Measham Community and Recreation Centre reported income of £226k and spending of £250k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £378k to £226k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Measham Community and Recreation Centre sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highgate Harriers (£226k), Hope Park (£226k) and Metropolitan Police Sports Fund (£226k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.