Filwood Playing Field Trust

Analysis

Filwood Playing Field Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2001, 25 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 04226466). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Filwood Playing Field Trust reported income of £104k and spending of £96k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £57k to £104k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 303%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Filwood Playing Field Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Community Centre Association (£104k), Hexham Football Club (£105k) and Braintree Recreation CIO (£104k).