Tatworth Playing Fields

Analysis

Tatworth Playing Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chard. It was registered in September 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 March 2025, Tatworth Playing Fields reported income of £49k and spending of £40k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £49k (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Tatworth Playing Fields sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croydon Acro (£49k), Cosby United Youth & Junior Football Club (£49k) and Leven Playing Field Association (£49k).