Hadlow Down Playing Field

Analysis

Hadlow Down Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mayfield. It was registered in October 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hadlow Down Playing Field reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £14k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hadlow Down Playing Field sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Eversdens Recreation Area (£14k), Hereford Unit 180 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£14k) and Alkborough Julian's Bower Fund (£14k).