Playing Field, Recreation Ground and Village Hall

Analysis

Playing Field, Recreation Ground and Village Hall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Playing Field, Recreation Ground and Village Hall reported income of £15k and spending of £13k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £27k to £15k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Playing Field, Recreation Ground and Village Hall sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christhouse Bible Church (£15k), Empowered Life Chapel (£15k) and Christian Drama Resource Centre (£15k).