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THE LONGHOPE RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 301560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running and maintenance of village recreation ground.

Objects

A PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LONGHOPE IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Forest of Dean, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is positive, with unrestricted reserves of £7,926 held in bank. The trustees note that expenditure was anticipated to be higher due to clearing outstanding debts and a one-off fencing cost, while risks are identified as a lack of funding and unpaid debts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Longhope Parish Council is the corporate trustee and manages other charities separately.
“Longhope Parish Council is Trustee of two separate Charities, The May Hill Trust and The Rose Barton & Margaret Skelton Trust All charities, and their funds, are managed separately.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£37k£37k
31/03/2024£28k£27k
31/03/2023£57k£75k
31/03/2022£57k£43k
31/03/2021£22k£9k

Common questions

Is THE LONGHOPE RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is positive, with unrestricted reserves of £7,926 held in bank. The trustees note that expenditure was anticipated to be higher due to clearing outstanding debts and a one-off fencing cost, while risks are identified as a lack of funding and unpaid debts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£10kLonghope Community sports and Fitness Project

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LONGHOPE RECREATION GROUND£37k—0unclear—no doubt
FLETCHING RECREATION GROUND FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
RECREATION GROUND FY2024£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
LAUNTON PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025£167k—0above157801.0%no doubt
TERRINGTON VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025£64k—0below—no doubt

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