Helmsley Recreational Charity

Analysis

Helmsley Recreational Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Helmsley Recreational Charity reported income of £28k and spending of £16k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £11k to £28k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 825%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Helmsley Recreational Charity sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include H a Taylor Fund (£28k), Heelands Rangers FC (£28k) and Wonderful Life Academy (£28k).