ACLE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTRE

Registered charity 273021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Recreation centre catering for a wide range of internal and external activities meeting the needs of local sports clubs, societies and individuals.

Objects

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS LIBRARY LECTURES CLASSES RECREATION ENTERTAINMENTS OF OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ACLE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ACLE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£222k

Latest spending

£236k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £14,547 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an improvement from the previous year's deficit of £49,057. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds bank balances of £133,326 and aims to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue meeting their goals and provide community facilities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure (held: £133k)

“We aim to keep the equivalent of three months expenditure available in our bank account.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Barrington Brookschair
Anthony Callan
BARRY COVELEY
Conor Laxon
Denis Goodley
Dennis Charles Fisher
Diane Fisher
Duncan Whitlam
Jack Patterson
Jacqueline Clover
Jamie Pizey
Joe Aldous · trustee of 2 other charities
RICHARD WESTGATE
Roy Barrie Himpleman
SHANE TOVELL
Sarah Louise Cameron
Vivienne Adshead

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£222k	£236k
31/12/2024	£187k	£236k
31/12/2023	£173k	£226k
31/12/2022	£180k	£207k
31/12/2021	£281k	£180k

Common questions

Is ACLE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £14,547 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an improvement from the previous year's deficit of £49,057. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds bank balances of £133,326 and aims to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue meeting their goals and provide community facilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	23/03/2021	£1k	COVID19 Return to Play
Sport England	02/06/2020	£10k	COVID-19 CEF
Sport England	29/01/2019	£15k	Resurfacing of Tennis Courts
UK government	29/01/2019	£15k	ALB-Sport England-Resurfacing of Tennis Courts

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	1	£44k
Army Benevolent Fund	1	£35k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£32k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BATH RECREATION LIMITED.

BATH RECREATION LIMITED income £1.3m
NEW MILTON MEMORIAL CENTRE income £133k
FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM) income £128k
LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL HOLIDAY CENTRE income £169k
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ACLE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTRE	£222k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BATH RECREATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW MILTON MEMORIAL CENTRE FY2026	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM) FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL HOLIDAY CENTRE FY2024	£169k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	within	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.