Craven Arms Playing Field

Analysis

Craven Arms Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ludlow. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Craven Arms Playing Field reported income of £31k and spending of £34k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £67k to £31k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Craven Arms Playing Field sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Junior Chess Championship Charitable Trust (£31k), Hudson Fen Leisure Limited (£32k) and 1st Frimley Green and Mytchett Scout Group (£31k).