The John Eddleston Field Society

Analysis

The John Eddleston Field Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03454624). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John Eddleston Field Society reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £17k (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The John Eddleston Field Society sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitchurch Community Swimming Pool (£17k), 1st Burwell Scout Group (£17k) and Wormingford Recreation Trust (£17k).