Littlehampton Sportsfield

Analysis

Littlehampton Sportsfield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in December 1989, 37 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, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Littlehampton Sportsfield reported income of £12k and spending of £24k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,170 to £12k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 191% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Littlehampton Sportsfield sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Craven Family Trust (£12k), The Beaumont Village Hall Rudston (£12k) and Bedwas and Trethomas Community Association (£12k).

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.