Broadfield Friends Association

Analysis

Broadfield Friends Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Accrington. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2022, Broadfield Friends Association reported income of £13k and spending of £5,264, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2022, income grew from £9,439 to £13k (+41%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Broadfield Friends Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mawes Recreation Ground (£13k), Lampeter Velfrey Community and Playing Field Association (£13k) and Coppice Community Hub (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.