Swinton Recreation Ground

Analysis

Swinton Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mexborough. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Swinton Recreation Ground reported income of £22k and spending of £17k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £44k to £22k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 185%. 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, Swinton Recreation Ground sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% 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 Newmarket District Scout Council (£22k), Sampford Peverell Recreation Ground and Village Hall Charity (£22k) and Shere and Peaslake Scout Group (£22k).