The Oxcroft Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute

Analysis

The Oxcroft Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in May 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Oxcroft Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute reported income of £10k and spending of £20k, spending 194% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £42k to £10k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Oxcroft Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% 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 Basil Howard Trust (£10k), Sharnbrook (53rd Bedfordshire) Scout Group (£10k) and David James Wilson Memorial Fund (£10k).

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.