CHOBHAM RECREATION GROUND CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 305004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHOBHAM RECREATION GROUND CHARITY, RECREATION GROUND

The Charity administers and manages the recreational facilities for the benefit of the local community and other members of the general public. The amenities include the recreation ground, children's playground, memorial gardens, three tennis courts with a clubhouse, the Parish Pavilion, a Scouts hut and a Sports Pavilion.

Objects

RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHOBHAM AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Surrey Heath, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£50k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income and expenditure both amounted to £50,383 for the year ended 31st March 2025, resulting in net receipts of zero. Per the trustees' report, the annual deficit on the Recreation Ground Trust is met by a grant from Chobham Parish Council, and unrestricted reserves decreased from £10,000 to £0.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £21,924 — grants £21,924 (1); 44% of the £50,383 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £27,561 — grants £27,561 (2); 54% of the £50,658 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £21,060 — grants £21,060 (1); 48% of the £43,701 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHOBHAM PARISH COUNCIL

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£50k	£50k
31/03/2024	£51k	£41k
31/03/2023	£44k	£44k
31/03/2022	£45k	£45k
31/03/2021	£38k	£38k

Common questions

Is CHOBHAM RECREATION GROUND CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income and expenditure both amounted to £50,383 for the year ended 31st March 2025, resulting in net receipts of zero. Per the trustees' report, the annual deficit on the Recreation Ground Trust is met by a grant from Chobham Parish Council, and unrestricted reserves decreased from £10,000 to £0. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/06/2003	£50k	"St. Lawrence Churchyard Wall Chobham - Restoration"

Charities like this

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

LYNEMOUTH RECREATION GROUND income £40k
RECREATION GROUND, MORCHARD BISHOP income £27k
LETCOMBE REGIS RECREATIONAL GROUND & VILLAGE HALL income £46k
LISS RECREATION GROUND income £26k
STALHAM AND BRUMSTEAD RECREATION GROUND income £55k
RECREATION GROUND AND SITE FOR VILLAGE HALL income £63k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHOBHAM RECREATION GROUND CHARITABLE TRUST	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYNEMOUTH RECREATION GROUND FY2026	£40k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RECREATION GROUND, MORCHARD BISHOP FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
LETCOMBE REGIS RECREATIONAL GROUND & VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£46k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LISS RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STALHAM AND BRUMSTEAD RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£55k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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