Long Riston Playing Fields Committee

Analysis

Long Riston Playing Fields Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Long Riston Playing Fields Committee reported income of £11k and spending of £7,792, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-6.3%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Long Riston Playing Fields Committee sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berden Village Hall Committee (£11k), The Cheshire County Lawn Tennis Association Youth Trust (£11k) and Eastrington Playing Field and Recreation Ground (£11k).