Ashes Playing Field Trust

Analysis

Ashes Playing Field Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Goole. It was registered in November 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 March 2025, Ashes Playing Field Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £72k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £135k to £42k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 56%. 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, Ashes Playing Field Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stewart Village Hall (£42k), Barham Village Hall CIO (£42k) and Woodley Village Hall (£42k).