Finmere Village Hall and Playing Fields (CIO)

Analysis

Finmere Village Hall and Playing Fields (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckingham. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Finmere Village Hall and Playing Fields (CIO) reported income of £12k and spending of £28k, spending 235% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £23k to £12k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 690%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Finmere Village Hall and Playing Fields (CIO) sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% 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 Burton Sports and Recreation Trust (£12k), Arnesby Village Hall (£12k) and 101st Bedford Scout Group (£12k).