Cayton Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Cayton Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in April 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 February 2025, Cayton Playing Fields Association reported income of £177k and spending of £104k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £86k to £177k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cayton Playing Fields Association sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Thunder Basketball Club (£177k), Harold Hill and District Community Association (£177k) and The Old Spotted Dog Ground Trust Limited (£176k).