Northfields & District Play Association Playbarn

Analysis

Northfields & District Play Association Playbarn is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05014282). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Northfields & District Play Association Playbarn reported income of £196k and spending of £179k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £187k to £196k (+4.5%), an average of +1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Northfields & District Play Association Playbarn sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swallows of Helston Gymnastics Club (£196k), Butetown Community Association (£196k) and Hatfield College Junior Common Room Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£196k).