LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
Level Playing Field operates in football, rugby and other sports, in order to:? Be a voice for all disabled supporters and spectators? Campaign for equality? Enable disabled people to enjoy live sports? Enrich the lives of disabled people through sports? Raise disability and access awareness. through expert advice and training
Objects
3.1 The objects of the Charity (Objects) are to promote the access and inclusion of disabled people who are socially excluded or impeded from attending sporting events on the grounds of their disability, by:3.1.1 providing, promoting or assisting in the provision of facilities for disabled people at sporting and other events;3.1.2 providing education and information to support and enable disabled people to maximise their attendance, and experience, at sporting events;3.1.3 raising public awareness of the social, attitudinal and environmental barriers which affect disabled people, both generally and in relation to attendance at sporting events; 3.1.4 engaging with, and conducting reviews/audits on behalf of, the operators of stadia and sports venues, to enable those operators to adapt such stadia and/or venues to better meet the needs of the disabled community; and3.1.5 providing workshops, forums, advocacy and general support.3.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The provided document is an Annual Report containing narrative sections such as the President's foreword, Chair's report, and activity reviews, but it does not include the financial statements or notes required to assess financial health. Consequently, no specific data on reserves, income, expenditure, or liabilities is present in the text.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/10/2018)
Trustees
- Antony Julian Walker Taylorchair
- Derek John Goff
- James Elliot Beddard
- STEVE EVANS
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £429k | £399k |
| 31/12/2024 | £425k | £390k |
| 31/12/2023 | £426k | £326k |
| 31/12/2022 | £426k | £410k |
| 31/12/2021 | £346k | £337k |
Common questions
Is LEVEL PLAYING FIELD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is an Annual Report containing narrative sections such as the President's foreword, Chair's report, and activity reviews, but it does not include the financial statements or notes required to assess financial health. Consequently, no specific data on reserves, income, expenditure, or liabilities is present in the text.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/08/2009 | £10k | Football for Everyone |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £330k |
| LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 105CN FOUNDATION | 1 | £288k |
| THE CADOGAN CHARITY | 1 | £230k |
| THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED | 1 | £178k |
| MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) | 1 | £127k |
| PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £84k |
| LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 105N FOUNDATION | 1 | £68k |
| BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION | 1 | £30k |
Charities like this
- THE LONDON PLAYING FIELDS SOCIETY
- GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION
- POWER TO INSPIRE
- RFU INJURED PLAYERS FOUNDATION
- THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED
- SUFFOLK COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEVEL PLAYING FIELD | £429k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE LONDON PLAYING FIELDS SOCIETY | £1.8m | £100,001 - £110,000 | — | above | — | no doubt |
| GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION | £100k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| POWER TO INSPIRE | £122k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| RFU INJURED PLAYERS FOUNDATION | £2.1m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED | £15.7m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |