LYDNEY RECREATION TRUST

Registered charity 301569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and maintenance of playing fields, and other recreational premises providing public benefit through healthful and enjoyable recreational activities.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLAYING FIELDS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL PREMISES FOR THE HEALTHFUL RECREATION OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: LYDNEY

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

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Latest income
£173k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £399,179 at the year end, an increase from £329,346 the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate reserves to finance its activities for the immediate future and that no funds are in deficit. The charity generated a net income surplus of £69,833 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level sufficient to ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, the charity's current activities can be continued while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised (held: £399k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level sufficient to ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, the charity's current activities can be continued while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant income from Lydney Town Council, which serves as the trustee body.
“Income for the year ended 31 March 2025 includes £77,296 (2024-£46,269) grant income from Lydney Town Council.” — page 15
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.

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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£173k£103k
31/03/2024£129k£122k
31/03/2023£84k£102k
31/03/2022£46k£60k
31/03/2021£51k£57k

Common questions

Is LYDNEY RECREATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £399,179 at the year end, an increase from £329,346 the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate reserves to finance its activities for the immediate future and that no funds are in deficit. The charity generated a net income surplus of £69,833 during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.