STOKE ST GREGORY RECREATION AND PLAYING FIELD

Registered charity 1079873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOKE ST GREGORY PLAYING FIELD MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Management and maintenance of village playing field

Objects

THE PROPERTY HEREBY CONVEYED (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE TRUST PREMISES") SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND MORAL INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A PLAYING AND RECREATION FIELD OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF STOKE SAINT GREGORY IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY WITH OUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THESE PRESENTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF STOKE SAINT GREGORY IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET 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

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£45k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's bank balance increased from £21,532.11 to £37,239.36 during the financial year, with a net difference between income and expenditure of £15,707.25. The trustees report that cash reserves increased by around £1,000 when adjusting for specific one-off events and accounting changes. The organization relies on facility hires and community events like the Stampede for revenue, while grass cutting remains its single biggest cost.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Project Play (50% of income)
“Project Play £22,318.26”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£45k£29k
29/02/2024£26k£17k
28/02/2023£15k£17k
28/02/2022£12k£8k
28/02/2021£7k£15k

Common questions

Is STOKE ST GREGORY RECREATION AND PLAYING FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's bank balance increased from £21,532.11 to £37,239.36 during the financial year, with a net difference between income and expenditure of £15,707.25. The trustees report that cash reserves increased by around £1,000 when adjusting for specific one-off events and accounting changes. The organization relies on facility hires and community events like the Stampede for revenue, while grass cutting remains its single biggest cost.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation13/12/2024£3kProject Play - A revolutionary play space designed in consultation with local young people to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of everyone in the community.
Sport England16/10/2024£15kProject Play: Designed & Inspired By Our Children

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HUDSON FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOKE ST GREGORY RECREATION AND PLAYING FIELD£45k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST GEORGE'S RECREATION GROUND AND PUBLIC HALL FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
STAINTON RECREATION GROUND FY2025£56k——unclear—no doubt
STALHAM AND BRUMSTEAD RECREATION GROUND FY2025£55k—0unclear—noted
THE WHELDRAKE RECREATION GROUND FOUNDATION FY2025£73k—0above—no doubt
STORTH PLAYING FIELD FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.