FISHBOURNE PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1209708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintenance of playing fields in Fishbourne including sports facilities, community centre and children's play area

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF FISHBOURNE IN THE PARISH OF FISHBOURNE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £194,599, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £35,000 (equivalent to twelve months' expenditure). The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, and the trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Tesco — “FPFA – Tesco Stronger Starts Scheme” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kevin Malcolm Carterchair
• ANTHONY WILLIAM HARRISON · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEOFFREY HAND
• Gary James Mason
• Lynda Carberry Hunter
• Paul Anthony Stone · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosalind Elizabeth Craddock

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WITCHFORD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION.

• WITCHFORD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £182k
• GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £54k
• GUILSBOROUGH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £30k
• PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION BEEFORD income £115k
• CUDDINGTON PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION income £43k
• BAGSHOT PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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