The Lightwater Playing Field Association Limited

Analysis

The Lightwater Playing Field Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lightwater. It was registered in April 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 03545209). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lightwater Playing Field Association Limited reported income of £404k and spending of £372k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £319k to £404k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Lightwater Playing Field Association Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fusion Health and Well Being (£402k), Yorkshire Health and Sport Limited (£405k) and City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team (£402k).