Fairburn Recreation Centre

Analysis

Fairburn Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knottingley. It was registered in June 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, Fairburn Recreation Centre reported income of £24k and spending of £24k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £24k (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Fairburn Recreation Centre sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley Unit 21 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£24k), The Stour Blue Water Pass Trust (£24k) and Impact Fitness Zone Limited (£24k).