Foxton Recreation Ground

Analysis

Foxton Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 1991, 35 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 March 2025, Foxton Recreation Ground reported income of £37k and spending of £136k, spending 368% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £37k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 207% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Foxton Recreation Ground sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heckington Community Swimming Pool (£37k), Eastfield Community Association (£37k) and Bolsterstone Village Hall Trust (£37k).

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.