The Tommy Croker Memorial Playing Field

Analysis

The Tommy Croker Memorial Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Tommy Croker Memorial Playing Field reported income of £22k and spending of £8,139, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £448 to £22k (+4865%), an average of +165% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 566%. Over the whole period it spent 42% 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 Tommy Croker Memorial Playing Field sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hitchin University of the Third Age (£22k), 14th Acton Scout Group (£22k) and Charlwood Parish Hall (£22k).