Shenstone Playing Fields

Analysis

Shenstone Playing Fields is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lichfield. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shenstone Playing Fields reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,376 to £15k (+529%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 239%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shenstone Playing Fields sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Battisborough Charitable Trust (£15k), Kirkby Fleetham Village Hall (£15k) and Somerset Advanced Motorcyclists (£15k).