Harrisons Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute

Analysis

Harrisons Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Harrisons Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute reported income of £21k and spending of £34k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £21k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 164% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Harrisons Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute 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 Village Hall Loders (£21k), The George Morgan Young Player Trust (£21k) and Port Talbot Unit 537 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£21k).

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.