Pollyfield Community Association

Analysis

Pollyfield Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in December 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pollyfield Community Association reported income of £98k and spending of £69k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £98k (+398%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pollyfield Community Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thatcham Memorial Foundation (£98k), Green Kordofan (£98k) and Shiplake Memorial Hall (£97k).