Recreation Ground (Known Locally As the Thirsk and Sowerby Flatts Preservation Trust)

Analysis

Recreation Ground (Known Locally As the Thirsk and Sowerby Flatts Preservation Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thirsk. It was registered in August 1988, 38 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 November 2025, Recreation Ground (Known Locally As the Thirsk and Sowerby Flatts Preservation Trust) reported income of £11k and spending of £4,772, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £36k to £11k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 1455%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Recreation Ground (Known Locally As the Thirsk and Sowerby Flatts Preservation Trust) sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanddewi Brefi Women's Institute (£11k), Friends of Helmdon School (£11k) and Bradford-On-Tone Village Hall (£11k).