Welford Sports Field Association

Analysis

Welford Sports Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Welford Sports Field Association reported income of £47k and spending of £26k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £48k to £47k (-2.1%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 254%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Welford Sports Field Association sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include J N Fear's Institute and Endowment (£47k), Mic Morris Memorial Sporting Trust Fund (£47k) and 1st Consett Scout Group (£47k).