HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD

Registered charity 302642 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of sports facilities and social facilities.

Objects

PLAYING FIELD AND PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF HEMINGFORD GREY AND HEMINGFORD ABBOTTS

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

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Latest income

£150k

Latest spending

£93k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £32,042 and restricted reserves of £53,452 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the charity is managed solely by unpaid volunteers and that the financial reserves policy target was not met this year due to various works required, though solar panel savings are expected to help achieve the target over the same ten-year period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The principal sources of income are fees from the hire of meeting rooms, constituent club contributions to expenses, grant from local Parish Councils, and occasional Gifts and Gift Aid.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £32k; policy: raise the funds in deposit accounts by £5,000 per year)

“The financial reseryes policy that aimed to raise the funds in deposit accounts by t5,000 per year did not occur this year due to various works required.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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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Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Peter Michael Robert Dampneychair
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM YOUNG
Edward Arthur Burleigh
Graham James Bremner
John Hughes
Melanie Tracy Young
Nigel Jarvis Piper
Philip Richard Speer
Richard James Allen
Ross Andrew Buchanan
Susan Mary Peel

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£150k	£93k
30/04/2024	£78k	£68k
30/04/2023	£64k	£65k
30/04/2022	£55k	£81k
30/04/2021	£87k	£118k

Common questions

Is HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £32,042 and restricted reserves of £53,452 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the charity is managed solely by unpaid volunteers and that the financial reserves policy target was not met this year due to various works required, though solar panel savings are expected to help achieve the target over the same ten-year period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/06/2026	£20k	Lift Access for All at Hemingford Pavilion
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/05/2024	£20k	HPMF - Hemingford Pavilion Playpark Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/02/2016	£8k	Hemingford Pavilion- Access for All
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/11/2012	£4k	Manor Room refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/06/2011	£7k	Hemingfords Community Cinema
Sport England	20/09/2010	£10k	Hemingford Villages Cricket Project

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 FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£10k
The Teesside Charity	1	£9k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE HUDSON FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £100k
ACTON FIELD TRUST income £5k
WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD income £383k
VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC income £140k
WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST income £282k
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD	£150k	—	below	—	no doubt
GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTON FIELD TRUST FY2025	£5k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD FY2025	£383k	—	above	—	no doubt
VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST FY2025	£282k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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