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

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

Latest income
£115k
Latest spending
£109k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Related-party transaction: Trustee's son employed as groundsman
“Kevin Carter's son was employed as the groundsman until May 2025.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Fishbourne Centre Trading Limited
“The Fishboume Centre is managed by the Directors of Fishbourne Centre Trading Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the FPFA.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£115k£109k

Common questions

Is FISHBOURNE PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FISHBOURNE PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FISHBOURNE PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include FRIARSGATE TRUST, The Patricia Routledge Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2023£7kEducation
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£5k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2022£9kLET'S ALL PLAY
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2012£1kFishbourne celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2009£231kFishbourne Community Project