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THE SPORTS FIELD

Registered charity 304665 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEDMORE PLAYING FIELDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

VILLAGE AMENITY FOR SPORT / RECREATION

Objects

PLAYING FIELDS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WEDMORE.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a retained surplus of £13,090 for the year ended 31 March 2026, increasing its net assets to £40,564. The trustees report that income and expenditure were considered satisfactory for the purpose of progressing charitable activities. The organization remains dependent on volunteers for its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£77k£64k
31/03/2025£57k£42k
31/03/2024£80k£70k
31/03/2023£198k£281k
31/03/2022£354k£300k

Common questions

Is THE SPORTS FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a retained surplus of £13,090 for the year ended 31 March 2026, increasing its net assets to £40,564. The trustees report that income and expenditure were considered satisfactory for the purpose of progressing charitable activities. The organization remains dependent on volunteers for its operations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England24/04/2014£50kRelocation of Tennis Club and Addition of New Courts
Sport England12/11/2012£50kWedmore Playing Fields Development Scheme
Sport England13/10/2011£50kExtension of Wedmore Playing Fields

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
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SPORTS FIELD£77k—0unclear—no doubt
WELFORD SPORTS FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2024£31k—0above—no doubt
ADAMS RECREATION GROUND, ST BEES FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
GOSFORTH FIELDS SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£475k—0above—no doubt
BARNES FOR A RECREATION GROUND FY2026£48k—0unclear—no doubt
RUFFORTH PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION FY2026£40k—0unclear—no doubt

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