Puriton Playing Field Committee

Analysis

Puriton Playing Field Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 December 2025, Puriton Playing Field Committee reported income of £30k and spending of £54k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £33k to £30k (-11%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Puriton Playing Field Committee sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 27th Plymouth Scout Group (£30k), Emma Hall Management Committee (£30k) and 1st Fatfield Scout Group (£30k).

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.