Public Playing Field and Village Hall

Analysis

Public Playing Field and Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, 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, Public Playing Field and Village Hall reported income of £53k and spending of £71k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £52k to £53k (+2.0%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Public Playing Field and Village Hall sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Lightwater Scout Group (£53k), South Brent Recreation Association (£53k) and Worcestershire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (£53k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.