STALHAM AND BRUMSTEAD RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 304072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RECREATION GROUND

Recreation Ground

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND AND CHILDRENS PLAYGROUND.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF STALHAM

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£55k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain a challenge and it relies on annual donations from Stalham Town Council. Total income for the year was £54,864 against total expenditure of £48,846, resulting in a net surplus and closing reserves of £8,630. The charity holds £95,444 in cash and short-term investments with no outstanding borrowings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Stalham Town Council (18% of income)

“Stalham Town Council” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charities’ finances remain a challenge and rely on donations from Stalham Town Council on an annual basis.” — 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

STALHAM TOWN COUNCIL

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£55k	£49k
31/03/2024	£48k	£57k
31/03/2023	£23k	£39k
31/03/2022	£35k	£8k
31/03/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is STALHAM AND BRUMSTEAD RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances remain a challenge and it relies on annual donations from Stalham Town Council. Total income for the year was £54,864 against total expenditure of £48,846, resulting in a net surplus and closing reserves of £8,630. The charity holds £95,444 in cash and short-term investments with no outstanding borrowings.

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	01/07/2022	£10k	Sound and Acoustics installation.

Charities like this

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

BARNES FOR A RECREATION GROUND income £48k
Graffham Recreation Ground income £49k
STAINTON RECREATION GROUND income £56k
THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL income £27k
RECREATION GROUND income £48k
LYNEMOUTH RECREATION GROUND income £40k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STALHAM AND BRUMSTEAD RECREATION GROUND	£55k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
BARNES FOR A RECREATION GROUND FY2026	£48k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Graffham Recreation Ground FY2025	£49k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STAINTON RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£56k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£48k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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