Acton Playing Fields and Village Hall

Analysis

Acton Playing Fields and Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1967, 59 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, Acton Playing Fields and Village Hall reported income of £24k and spending of £31k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £33k to £24k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Acton Playing Fields and Village Hall sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Talgarth Community Hall (£24k), Fant Community Hall (£24k) and Brandon Table Tennis Club (£24k).

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.