Elstow Playing Field

Analysis

Elstow Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Elstow Playing Field reported income of £109k and spending of £146k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £109k (+345%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 375%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Elstow Playing Field sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croft Junior Football Club (£109k), Shabbington Village Community Trust (£109k) and Badgworthy Trust for the Preservation of Exmoor (£109k).