Gildersome Playing Field

Analysis

Gildersome Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 1968, 58 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, Gildersome Playing Field reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,040 to £16k (+694%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 768%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gildersome Playing Field sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Uffculme Village Hall Trust CIO (£16k), Friends of Broughton High School (£16k) and Gravenhurst Village Hall (£16k).