Douglas Swire Memorial Hall and Longden Sports Ground

Analysis

Douglas Swire Memorial Hall and Longden Sports Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, economic/community development/employment, 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 December 2025, Douglas Swire Memorial Hall and Longden Sports Ground reported income of £21k and spending of £18k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,678 to £21k (+220%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Douglas Swire Memorial Hall and Longden Sports Ground sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lark in the Park (Community Projects) (£21k), Community Hall at Grizebeck CIO (£21k) and Hambridge and Westport Recreation Trust (£21k).