HARTLEY RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 520364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARTLEY TRUST RECREATION GROUND

To maintain the field and its recreation facilities for the residents of Scotby

Objects

A SPORTS, GAMES AND RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SCOTBY

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£42k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £21,210.42 to £11,587.61 during the year, driven by total expenditure of £41,768.47 exceeding total receipts of £32,145.66. The accounts do not disclose a reserves policy target or any specific financial health indicators beyond the balance sheet figures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN RAFFLESchair
Ben Feddon
Brian Routledge
Claire Black
Dave Hughes
Joanne Routledge · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Purdie
Matthew Smith
Phil Pattinson
Tom Walker

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£32k	£42k
05/04/2024	£9k	£8k
05/04/2023	£19k	£12k
05/04/2022	£9k	£5k
05/04/2021	£16k	£20k

Common questions

Is HARTLEY RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £21,210.42 to £11,587.61 during the year, driven by total expenditure of £41,768.47 exceeding total receipts of £32,145.66. The accounts do not disclose a reserves policy target or any specific financial health indicators beyond the balance sheet figures.

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 JACK BRUNTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

THE BATHURST PARK AND RECREATION GROUND income £103k
RECREATION GROUND income £102k
BLACK NOTLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £42k
BROOMFIELD VILLAGE HALL CHARITY income £129k
STOKESLEY TOWN HALL TRUST income £82k
RECREATION GROUND, EAST HARLING income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HARTLEY RECREATION GROUND	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BATHURST PARK AND RECREATION GROUND FY2026	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RECREATION GROUND FY2024	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BLACK NOTLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROOMFIELD VILLAGE HALL CHARITY FY2025	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STOKESLEY TOWN HALL TRUST FY2025	£82k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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