# ALSTON RECREATION GROUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 520283
- **Other names:** RECREATION GROUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 13, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=520283


## Contact

- **Address:** Loaning Cottage, Jollybeard Lane, ALSTON, Cumbria
- **Postcode:** CA9 3TL
- **Phone:** 07803133268
- **Email:** farrarl@yahoo.com
- **Website:** www.fairhill.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND AND SWIMMING AND PADDLING POOLS.

**Activities:** We fundraise to maintain this five acre site with provision of new challenging play equipment. This community play area known locally as Fairhill benefits many people in and around Alston as well as visitors on the moor.  Currently we are fund-raising to develop a new pump track cycling facility.

**Area of benefit:** ALSTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £42496 | £38171 | — | — |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £27530 | £52825 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £41108 | £7732 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £21262 | £9227 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £6120 | £3884 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Elisabeth Melvinna Sharp — appointed July 1, 2017
- Gordon Monk — appointed Sept. 30, 2020
- Helen Williams — appointed Oct. 23, 2023
- Kenneth Little — appointed Sept. 30, 2020
- Stacy Towler — appointed Oct. 23, 2023