Ribchester Playing Field Trust

Analysis

Ribchester Playing Field Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ribchester Playing Field Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £6,034, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £3,049 to £16k (+416%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ribchester Playing Field Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Broughton Scout Group (£16k), 1st Huntington (All Saints) Scout Group (£16k) and Goxhill Bowling Club (£16k).