Long Preston Playing Field Association

Analysis

Long Preston Playing Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Long Preston Playing Field Association reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,556 to £21k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 280%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Preston Playing Field 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 Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers (£21k), Navestock Village Hall (£21k) and Stalbridge Scout Group (£21k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.