HOUGHTON FIELD ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1204706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Houghton Field Associations role is to hold in trust and manage the recreation ground and associated facilities in Houghton-on-the- Hill for the benefit of the residents of Houghton-on-the-Hill with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants

Objects

TO HOLD IN TRUST AND MANAGE THE RECREATION GROUND AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES IN HOUGHTON ON THE HILL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL IN THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a trading surplus of £11,610 for the year, with unrestricted reserves closing at £88,567.47. The trustees report financial stability despite the operational challenges of transitioning from a Charitable Trust to a CIO and commencing a major pavilion rebuild project.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — houghton field association (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Houghton 100 Club — “Houghton 100 Club - provide regular donations to help fund the running costs of the field and pavilion. Over the past years, they have contr…” (source page)
• Houghton on the Hill Parish Council — “Houghton on the Hill Parish Council - fund costs of grass cutting on field and provide grants from precept funds” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Hobbschair
• Dr Graham Warwick
• Iain Munro
• Kirsten Bodley · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARIT SCUDAMORE
• Matt Martin
• Neil Coleman
• Susan-Jane Sutton
• scott dempsey

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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• HOUGHTON REGIS MEMORIAL HALL FUND income £132k
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Side by side with its peers

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