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WELFORD SPORTS FIELD ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 295158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Management and administration of the local sports ground.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WELFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO: (A) CREATE, IMPROVE AND EXTEND PLAYING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; (B) ENCOURAGE ALL FORMS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.

Area of benefit: WELFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £530 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £31,131 against expenses of £30,601. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total funds of £142,993 and net current assets of £32,763, indicating adequate resources to meet its obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about a year’s worth of expenditure (held: £143k)
“once completed, we will continue to hold about a year’s worth of expenditure as our contingency fund in case of a rainy day (or a leaky roof).” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£31k£31k
31/12/2023£9k£17k
31/12/2022£9k£22k
31/12/2021£48k£4k
31/12/2020£15k£8k

Common questions

Is WELFORD SPORTS FIELD ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £530 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £31,131 against expenses of £30,601. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total funds of £142,993 and net current assets of £32,763, indicating adequate resources to meet its obligations.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD1£19k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SPORTS FIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WELFORD SPORTS FIELD ASSOCIATION£31k—0above—no doubt
THE SPORTS FIELD FY2026£77k—0unclear—no doubt
WOLVERLEY PLAYING FIELDS FY2025£91k—0unclear—no doubt
RUFFORTH PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION FY2026£40k—0unclear—no doubt
GUILDFORD SPORTS GROUND FY2025£232k—0unclear—no doubt
CAVENDISH FIELDS SPORTS ASSOCIATION FY2026£44k——unclear—no doubt

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