AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 303895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

recreation ground and sport facility

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

Latest income

£157k

Latest spending

£164k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,000, secured within the Town Council. The charity reported a net total of £91,947.34 for the period, with no funds materially in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that financial reporting controls, including bank reconciliations and VAT returns, were in order.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none (50% of income)

“Grants & Donations 90,529.00”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 50000.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The charity has a ‘reserve’ fund, secured within the Town Council, which remained unused at £50,000 in this financial year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Lauren Stroudchair
Barry Lancaster
Belinda Northey
Heather Jane Morton
Jenny Pulford
Philip Kingsford
Sean Cannon

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£157k	£164k
31/03/2024	£87k	£83k
31/03/2023	£86k	£90k
31/03/2022	£68k	£63k
31/03/2021	£86k	£93k

Common questions

Is AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,000, secured within the Town Council. The charity reported a net total of £91,947.34 for the period, with no funds materially in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that financial reporting controls, including bank reconciliations and VAT returns, were in order. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND as a grant recipient include THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2023	£655
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2025	£500
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2024	£250

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/02/2019	£4k	Provision of Outdoor Gym

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH.

AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH income £223k
CLAYGATE RECREATION GROUND TRUST income £116k
FOAKES FOR RECREATION GROUND income £190k
BARHAM PARK income £150k
ASHBOURNE RECREATION GROUND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £323k
DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AYLSHAM RECREATION GROUND	£157k	—	unclear	50000.0%	no doubt
AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£223k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLAYGATE RECREATION GROUND TRUST FY2025	£116k	—	above	—	no doubt
FOAKES FOR RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£190k	—	below	—	noted
BARHAM PARK FY2025	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHBOURNE RECREATION GROUND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FY2024	£323k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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