KING GEORGE'S FIELD, RAYDON

Registered charity 1048676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAYDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD

Provision of a community hall for use by local clubs, societies and the general public for social, recreational and educational purposes.Provision & maintenance of open space including playing field & play equipment, together with sports changing facilities.

Objects

(1) THE FIELD REPRESENTS A MEMORIAL, IN PERPETUITY TO HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE V, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE KING GEORGE'S FIELDS FOUNDATION. TO THAT END IT SHALL BE KNOWN AS KING GEORGE'S FIELD AND SHALL BE DISTINGUISHED BY HERALDIC PANELS OR SOME OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMEMORATIVE TABLET, MEDALLION OR INSCRIPTION OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE KING GEORGE'S FIELD FOUNDATION.(2) THE FIELD AND ANY PROPERTY THEREON IS TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, LECTURES, CLASSES AND RECREATIONS.

Area of benefit: THE PARISH OF RAYDON AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£22k
Latest spending
£13k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by £10,900 to stand at £25,000 at the end of the financial year. The charity generated income from facility hires and village events, while also receiving contributions from tenants and local councils. The trustees are currently pursuing planning approval and funding for a new pavilion project.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Raydon Parish Council provided financial support for utility bills, field maintenance, surveys, and planning fees.
“The Trustees would like to thank Raydon Parish Council for their continuing financial support, both towards the cost of utility bills and field maintenance but also for agreeing allocations from their CIL budget to meet the cost of the various surveys necessary to accompany the planning application as well as paying the planning fee.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — KGF Raydon (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2026£22k£13k
28/02/2025£28k£17k
29/02/2024£22k£14k
28/02/2023£15k£12k
28/02/2022£11k£6k

Common questions

Is KING GEORGE'S FIELD, RAYDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by £10,900 to stand at £25,000 at the end of the financial year. The charity generated income from facility hires and village events, while also receiving contributions from tenants and local councils. The trustees are currently pursuing planning approval and funding for a new pavilion project. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.