Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground

Analysis

Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cannock. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground reported income of £10k and spending of £94k, spending 898% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,182 to £10k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1055%. Over the whole period it spent 360% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North Memorial Hall (£10k), Bitterne Friends United (£10k) and Letchworth Garden City Guide District (£10k).

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.