The Rudhams Playing Fields Trust

Analysis

The Rudhams Playing Fields Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in King's Lynn. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Rudhams Playing Fields Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £6,148, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £446 to £15k (+3294%), an average of +141% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 1157%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Rudhams Playing Fields Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Wolverhampton Music Service (£15k), The Three Parishes Millennium Hall (£15k) and Dynamic Youth Theatre (£15k).