Beckett Recreation Ground

Analysis

Beckett Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 1964, 62 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, Beckett Recreation Ground reported income of £13k and spending of £8,340, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,986 to £13k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 374%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Beckett Recreation Ground sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wark Town Hall (£13k), Kingsley Road Community Hall (£13k) and Saxton Village Hall CIO (£13k).