The Dunnington and Grimston Playing Fields

Analysis

The Dunnington and Grimston Playing Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in January 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dunnington and Grimston Playing Fields reported income of £60k and spending of £63k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £67k to £60k (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Dunnington and Grimston Playing Fields sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Starlight Oasis of Hope Hospice (£60k), Oasis Community Project - East Hastings (£60k) and Stroke Care for Newbury and West Berkshire (£60k).

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.