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GREAT ELLINGHAM RECREATION GROUND AND CENTRE

Registered charity 303957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT ELLINGHAM RECREATION CENTRE, RECREATION GROUND

Provide a building with kitchen, toilets, stage & seperate committee room, cricket pitches with 1 hard wicket, football pitches.Childrens Play Area

Objects

(A) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND, AND (B) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (I) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND (II) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF GREAT ELLINGHAM, NORFOLK.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £22,076.94 for the year, with total income of £46,726.52 against total expenditure of £24,649.58. The trustees' report notes that maintaining the building is becoming increasingly expensive and difficult, with many areas in need of repair or replacement. Despite these maintenance challenges, the committee remains hopeful about upgrading the hall through future funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Card Income (Bar)
“Card Income (Bar) £13,828.48”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“despite waiting patiently for what feels like a decade for a new hall, we are now resigning ourselves to the reality that this is now unlikely and even though there ‘maybe’ some funds coming our way I remain hopeful that the committee can finally upgrade the hall” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£47k£25k
31/12/2024£44k£35k
31/12/2023£31k£32k
31/12/2022£16k£13k
31/12/2021£12k£16k

Common questions

Is GREAT ELLINGHAM RECREATION GROUND AND CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £22,076.94 for the year, with total income of £46,726.52 against total expenditure of £24,649.58. The trustees' report notes that maintaining the building is becoming increasingly expensive and difficult, with many areas in need of repair or replacement. Despite these maintenance challenges, the committee remains hopeful about upgrading the hall through future funding.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2005£720Day Event on theme of WW2