War Memorial Playing Fields

Analysis

War Memorial Playing Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, War Memorial Playing Fields reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £35k to £16k (-54%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, War Memorial Playing Fields sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex Advanced Motorcyclists Group Limited (£16k), Pensilva Community Association CIO (£16k) and Ore Community Land Trust (£16k).