FILWOOD PLAYING FIELD TRUST

Registered charity 1087552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the inhabitants through the provision and maintenance of playing fields and a pavilion.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL PRINCIPALLY THOSE OF FILWOOD AND KNOWLE (THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, COLOUR, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS THROUGH THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PLAYING FIELD ("THE PLAYING FIELD") SHOWN EDGED RED ON THE PLAN ATTACHED WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL PRINCIPALLY THOSE OF FILWOOD AND KNOWLE

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

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Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £7,211 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a loss of £16,925 in the prior year. Per the statement of financial position, net assets stood at £1,132,627, while the trustees report that no reserves are held as funds are usually used for projects. The financial statements were prepared in accordance with micro-entity provisions and subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2024 (received 28/05/2026, 362 days after the 31/05/2025 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 24/11/2025, 542 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2021 (received 23/04/2023, 327 days after the 31/05/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW STEPHEN WILLIAMS
• Christian Sharp
• Dawn Lesley Williams
• Kevin Wade
• Nicholas William Tummom
• Richard John O'Connor

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

Operates in: Bristol City

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAERWENT PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• CAERWENT PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £42k
• GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £54k
• FERNHURST RECREATION GROUND TRUST income £54k
• THE LIGHTWATER PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £404k
• THE WICKWAR PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION income £42k
• WITCHFORD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £182k

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