The Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association

Analysis

The Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,979 to £10k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 132% 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 Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% 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 King George's Field- Stepney (Tredegar Square Bow) (£10k), 1st Blackwater Valley B-P Scout Group (£10k) and Chute Village Hall (£10k).