Thurcroft Institute and Recreation Ground
Analysis
Thurcroft Institute and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Thurcroft Institute and Recreation Ground reported income of £51k and spending of £81k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £48k to £51k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.
Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Thurcroft Institute and Recreation Ground sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jubilee Hall - Loddon (£51k), Cottesmore Village Hall Trust (£51k) and Petham Village Hall (£51k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The provision of a recreation ground and welfare institute for the benefit of the inhabitants (and in particular, but not exclusively, such of the said inhabitants as are members of the mining community) of the area of benefit without distinction of political, religious or other opinions with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Jubilee Hall - Loddon | Norwich | £51k |
| Cottesmore Village Hall Trust | Oakham | £51k |
| Petham Village Hall | Kent | £51k |
| Layton Community House | Blackpool | £51k |