Walpole and Cookley Playing Fields Trust

Analysis

Walpole and Cookley Playing Fields Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Walpole and Cookley Playing Fields Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £13k to £12k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Walpole and Cookley Playing Fields Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mark Ridgwell Leukaemia Trust (£12k), Samadhi Meditation Centre (£12k) and Vernon Charitable Trust (£12k).