The Wilby Playing Fields Trust

Analysis

The Wilby Playing Fields Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellingborough. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Wilby Playing Fields Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £6,084, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5,472 to £12k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Wilby Playing Fields Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Shields Harriers and Athletics Club (£12k), 3rd Prestatyn Parish Church Scout Group (£12k) and Billericay Community Trust (£12k).