HINGHAM PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 286060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HINGHAM PLAYING FIELDS, HINGHAM PLAYSPACE, HINGHAM SPORTS HALL

Maintaining and operating the Sports Hall and Play facilities which are the responsibility of the Hingham Playing Field Association

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HINGHAM IN THE COUNTRY OF NORFOLK IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HINGHAM

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£108k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1,352.30 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in closing reserves from £323,895 to £322,543. The trustees note that infrastructure limitations prevented larger commercial events, leading to a renewed focus on sporting activities and smaller community events to ensure viability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HPFA (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN JUBY
Sara Ann Riley

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£108k	£109k
31/12/2023	£53k	£61k
31/12/2022	£69k	£68k
31/12/2021	£47k	£35k
31/12/2020	£55k	£38k

Common questions

Is HINGHAM PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1,352.30 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in closing reserves from £323,895 to £322,543. The trustees note that infrastructure limitations prevented larger commercial events, leading to a renewed focus on sporting activities and smaller community events to ensure viability.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	03/03/2026	£6k	CF - Repair/refurbish Hingham sports centre hall floor
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/07/2025	£16k	New Cableway for the Welcomme Space

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HUDSON FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEAFY LANE PLAYING FIELDS LTD.

LEAFY LANE PLAYING FIELDS LTD income £136k
GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £100k
UPPER BEEDING AND BRAMBER VILLAGE HALL income £43k
GOSFORTH FIELDS SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £475k
THE EAST LEAKE PLAYING FIELD CHARITY income £170k
WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS SPORTS CLUB CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £217k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HINGHAM PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEAFY LANE PLAYING FIELDS LTD FY2025	£136k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UPPER BEEDING AND BRAMBER VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£43k	—	above	—	noted
GOSFORTH FIELDS SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£475k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EAST LEAKE PLAYING FIELD CHARITY FY2025	£170k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.