The Surrey County Playing Fields Association

Analysis

The Surrey County Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in September 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Surrey County Playing Fields Association reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,580 to £18k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 154% 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 Surrey County Playing Fields Association sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Sway (£18k), Ffrindiau'r Ysgol Ygg Caerffili (£18k) and West Tarring Young People's Hub (£18k).

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.