The Inkpen Memorial Playing Field

Analysis

The Inkpen Memorial Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marlborough. It was registered in April 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Inkpen Memorial Playing Field reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £185k to £14k (-93%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Inkpen Memorial Playing Field sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% 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 Yeovil Community Sports and Recreation Organisation (£14k), Quintrell Downs Village Hall (£14k) and Wolverhampton Judo Club (£13k).