Hingham Playing Field Association

Analysis

Hingham Playing Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in January 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hingham Playing Field Association reported income of £97k and spending of £84k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £97k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hingham Playing Field Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include England and Wales Blind Golf (£97k), Alexandra Community Sports and Leisure Centre Ltd (£97k) and Hinksey Sculling School Limited (£97k).