Corton Playing Field

Analysis

Corton Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lowestoft. It was registered in December 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Corton Playing Field reported income of £36k and spending of £65k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £36k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Corton Playing Field sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sierra Leone Cycling Foundation (£35k), Bradford Unit 50 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£36k) and 1st Attleborough St Mary Scout Group (£35k).