Stourpaine Playing Fields and Village Hall Association

Analysis

Stourpaine Playing Fields and Village Hall Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Stourpaine Playing Fields and Village Hall Association reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Stourpaine Playing Fields and Village Hall Association sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Porthleven Pilot Gig Club (£16k), Ord Statter Pavilion Trust (£16k) and Royal Free Music Society Choir (£16k).

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.