Criftins Parish Hall and Playing Field

Analysis

Criftins Parish Hall and Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in November 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Criftins Parish Hall and Playing Field reported income of £34k and spending of £43k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £43k to £34k (-21%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Criftins Parish Hall and Playing Field sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fellowship of the Maple Leaf (£34k), The Nora Joan Marshall Charitable Trust (£34k) and Resurrection Power and Living Bread Ministries (North London) (£34k).

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.