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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.

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

Latest income
£187k
Latest spending
£236k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of expenditure over income of £49,057 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £660,241 to £611,185. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a healthy financial position with bank balances totalling £129,754 and adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure (held: £611k)
“We aim to keep the equivalent of three months expenditure available in our bank account.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£187k£236k
31/12/2023£173k£226k
31/12/2022£180k£207k
31/12/2021£281k£180k
31/12/2020£131k£167k

Common questions

Is ACLE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of expenditure over income of £49,057 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £660,241 to £611,185. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a healthy financial position with bank balances totalling £129,754 and adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England23/03/2021£1kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England02/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England29/01/2019£15kResurfacing of Tennis Courts
UK government29/01/2019£15kALB-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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)2£35k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£46k
Army Benevolent Fund1£25k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£17k
THE A M FENTON TRUST1£16k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACLE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTRE£187k—0unclear—no doubt
BATH RECREATION LIMITED FY2024£1.3m—1below—no doubt
FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM) FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL HOLIDAY CENTRE FY2024£169k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025£1.4m—0within—no doubt
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£229k—0above—no doubt

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