The Braughing Playing Field Association Trust

Analysis

The Braughing Playing Field Association Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in May 1970, 56 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, The Braughing Playing Field Association Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £11k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £33k to £25k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Braughing Playing Field Association Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Desborough Youth Centre Association (£25k), F.a.i.t.h St Francis PTA (£25k) and Warden Bay Village Hall (£25k).