Playing Field and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Playing Field and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, Playing Field and Recreation Ground reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Playing Field and Recreation Ground sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Digby War Memorial Hall (£16k), The (Rhondda) Cold Knap Lifeguard Club (£16k) and Market Rasen Eleemosynary Charities (£16k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.