Lakenheath Playing Field Association

Analysis

Lakenheath Playing Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in January 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 December 2025, Lakenheath Playing Field Association reported income of £159k and spending of £141k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £46k to £159k (+245%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lakenheath Playing Field Association sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North Wales Police and Community Trust (£159k), Vulcan Football Club (£159k) and Forest School Swansea Neath and Port Talbot (£158k).