Kentford and Kennett Village Hall and Maclaren Playing Field Association

Analysis

Kentford and Kennett Village Hall and Maclaren Playing Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in August 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 March 2025, Kentford and Kennett Village Hall and Maclaren Playing Field Association reported income of £30k and spending of £41k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £30k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kentford and Kennett Village Hall and Maclaren Playing Field Association 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 Heacham Youth and Community Trust Limited (£30k), London Cornish Pilot Gig Club (£30k) and The 1815 Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£30k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.