Filby Playing Field

Analysis

Filby Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Yarmouth. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Filby Playing Field reported income of £40k and spending of £59k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £65k to £40k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Filby Playing Field sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Honeybourne Village Hall (£40k), 1st Buxted (O'brien's Own) Scout Group (£40k) and Gloucester Athletics Track Management Limited (£40k).

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.