Crowle and Ealand Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Crowle and Ealand Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scunthorpe. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Crowle and Ealand Playing Fields Association reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £71k to £14k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Crowle and Ealand Playing Fields Association sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dalton Piercy Village Hall Association (£14k), Wolvey Playing Fields Trust (£14k) and Ness Village Hall Fund (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.