St Erme Playing Field Trust

Analysis

St Erme Playing Field Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Erme Playing Field Trust reported income of £103k and spending of £104k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £80k to £103k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Erme Playing Field Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newhaven Baptist Church-General Fund (£103k), The Ashla Charitable Trust (£103k) and The African, Indian and Slavlands Christian Fellowship (£103k).

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.