Beighton Welfare Recreation Ground

Analysis

Beighton Welfare Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Beighton Welfare Recreation Ground reported income of £36k and spending of £57k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £77k to £36k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Beighton Welfare Recreation Ground sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hitchin Bridge Club (£36k), Kilham Village Hall (£36k) and Wootton Park Association (£36k).

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.