Didsbury Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Didsbury Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2011, 15 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 07558484). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Didsbury Playing Fields Association reported income of £21k and spending of £64k, spending 311% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2024, income fell from £30k to £21k (-31%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 376% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Didsbury Playing Fields Association sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stoke Golding Village Hall Management Committee (£21k), Whitby Seals Amateur Swimming Club (£21k) and Golant Village Hall (£21k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.