Swillington Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Swillington Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Swillington Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground reported income of £93k and spending of £99k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £50k to £93k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Swillington Miners' Welfare Institute and Recreation Ground sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradford South District Scout Council (£93k), Jesmond Dene Real Tennis Club (£93k) and Chess Valley University of the Third Age (£93k).