Long Bennington Playing Fields Management Committee

Analysis

Long Bennington Playing Fields Management Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newark. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Long Bennington Playing Fields Management Committee reported income of £12k and spending of £62k, spending 536% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £23k to £12k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 259%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Long Bennington Playing Fields Management Committee sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Berkhamsted Sports Ground Charitable Association Limited (£12k), Meriden Village Hall (£12k) and 1st Staunton and Corse Scout Group (£12k).