Bestwood Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Bestwood Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Bestwood Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground reported income of £73k and spending of £75k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £117k to £73k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bestwood Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground 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 The Wheldrake Recreation Ground Foundation (£73k), Brenchley Memorial Hall (£73k) and Peacock Gymnasium (£73k).

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.