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Butleigh Playing Fields Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 279406GlastonburyAmateur sport and recreation
Income£12k2025-08-31
Spending£10ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause38th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1980Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Butleigh Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glastonbury. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Butleigh Playing Fields Association reported income of £12k and spending of £10k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8,235 to £12k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Butleigh Playing Fields Association sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Lingwood and Strumpshaw Air Scout Group (£12k), St Austin's School Parent Teacher Association (£12k) and Chatteris U3a (£12k).

Income and spending

£0£4,993£9,987£15k£20k2021 Income: £8,2352021 Spending: £10,05820212022 Income: £17,6362022 Spending: £19,97320222023 Income: £14,4192023 Spending: £14,57420232024 Income: £12,6992024 Spending: £15,04620242025 Income: £12,3672025 Spending: £10,0222025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROVIDE PLAY AND RECREATION AREAS FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BUTLEIGH, SOMERSET WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS AND LIFE OF THOSE INHABITANTS.

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