Recreation Ground and Playing Field

Analysis

Recreation Ground and Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Powys. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Recreation Ground and Playing Field reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £7,913 to £10k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 90%. 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, Recreation Ground and Playing Field sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boarshurst Educational Foundation (£10k), Tora Budo Kai (£10k) and The People's Park and Recreation Grounds (£10k).