Bentley Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Bentley Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in September 1963, 63 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, Bentley Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £38k to £21k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bentley Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground 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 1st Molescroft Scout Group (£21k), Sussex Sailability (£21k) and Village of Garford Common Good Trust (£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.