RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 301585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

provision of sporting activitiesprovision of childrens' play facilitiespublic recreational area

Objects

RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: PARISH OF NEWENT

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased from £301,903 to £331,666, driven by a net income of £29,763. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £2,895 and restricted funds of £328,771, with no disclosed reserves policy target to compare against.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Newent Town Council

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£48k	£18k
31/03/2024	£293k	£308k
31/03/2023	£18k	£2k
31/03/2022	£2k	£2k
31/03/2021	£2k	£2k

Common questions

Is RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased from £301,903 to £331,666, driven by a net income of £29,763. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £2,895 and restricted funds of £328,771, with no disclosed reserves policy target to compare against. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

RECREATION GROUND income £102k
LYDNEY RECREATION TRUST income £109k
WAUN-CAPEL RECREATION GROUND income £29k
BURWASH WEALD AND COMMON MEMORIAL FUND PLAYING FIELD income £27k
AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND income £157k
BARNES FOR A RECREATION GROUND income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RECREATION GROUND	£48k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RECREATION GROUND FY2024	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LYDNEY RECREATION TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	above	—	no doubt
WAUN-CAPEL RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BURWASH WEALD AND COMMON MEMORIAL FUND PLAYING FIELD FY2025	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£157k	—	unclear	50000.0%	no doubt

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