Mapperley Plains Recreation and Social Centre Trust

Analysis

Mapperley Plains Recreation and Social Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mapperley Plains Recreation and Social Centre Trust reported income of £139k and spending of £161k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £149k to £139k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Mapperley Plains Recreation and Social Centre Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A.f.c. Corsham (£139k), Southend Estuary District Scout Council (£139k) and Highfields Adventure Playground Association (£138k).

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.