Sharnbrook Playing Field Association

Analysis

Sharnbrook Playing Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sharnbrook Playing Field Association reported income of £11k and spending of £18k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £11k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sharnbrook Playing Field Association sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Linton Village Hall Trust (£11k), Eastrington Playing Field and Recreation Ground (£11k) and Warmington Village Hall (£11k).