Cold Ashby Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Cold Ashby Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in May 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cold Ashby Playing Fields Association reported income of £15k and spending of £24k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £17k to £15k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cold Ashby Playing Fields Association sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bells Yew Green Village Hall (£15k), The All Star Youth Tennis Scholarship Trust (£15k) and Hampton Park Pavilion (£15k).