Bentham Playing Fields Association

Analysis

Bentham Playing Fields Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nr Lancaster. It was registered in September 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.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Bentham Playing Fields Association reported income of £56k and spending of £62k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £34k to £56k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bentham Playing Fields Association sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bartons Victory Memorial Hall Fund (£56k), Cambridge University Rifle Association (£56k) and Attock Community Sports & Cricket Club (£56k).

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.