Burwash Playing Field Association

Analysis

Burwash Playing Field Association is a registered charity in England and Wales. It was registered in June 1963, 63 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Burwash Playing Field Association reported income of £19k and spending of £25k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £19k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 407%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Burwash Playing Field Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flitwick Together (£19k), Uley Playing Field (£19k) and Friends of Blackmore School (£19k).

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.