Bardwell Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Bardwell Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 March 2025, Bardwell Playing Fields Association reported income of £52k and spending of £31k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £112k to £52k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 184%. 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, Bardwell Playing Fields Association sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dorothea Mitchell Hall and Recreation Ground (£52k), Wingate and District Community Association (£52k) and Baslow Sports Field CIO (£52k).