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Ponsanooth Playing Fields Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 277610TruroAmateur sport and recreation
Income£21k2025-09-30
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1979Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ponsanooth Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, 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 September 2025, Ponsanooth Playing Fields Association reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £9,762 to £21k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 53%. 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, Ponsanooth Playing Fields Association sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George Morgan Young Player Trust (£21k), Martial Arts Community Trust (£21k) and Harrisons Recreation Ground and Welfare Institute (£21k).

Income and spending

£0£5,638£11k£17k£23k2021 Income: £9,7622021 Spending: £6,07720212022 Income: £14,8992022 Spending: £18,15620222023 Income: £15,8012023 Spending: £15,75620232024 Income: £18,4202024 Spending: £11,83020242025 Income: £21,4412025 Spending: £22,5512025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Ponsanooth Playing Field Association is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the playing field in the village of Ponsanooth, Cornwall. Activities include: buying new equipment; maintaining existing equipment; keeping the site tidy; coordinating and running village sports activities on the field: running fundraising events; and maintaining/repairing the community building.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The George Morgan Young Player TrustCardiff£21k
Martial Arts Community TrustBasingstoke£21k
Harrisons Recreation Ground and Welfare InstituteWalsall£21k
Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Community CentreNorwich£21k