Meysey Hampton Playing Fields Committee

Analysis

Meysey Hampton Playing Fields Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cirencester. It was registered in June 1963, 63 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, Meysey Hampton Playing Fields Committee reported income of £10k and spending of £8,317, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £295 to £10k (+3438%), an average of +144% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 3778%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Meysey Hampton Playing Fields Committee sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ruardean Woodside Memorial Hall (£10k), Debden Recreation Ground (£10k) and 17th Whitley Bay (St Andrews) Scout Group (£10k).