CORTON PLAYING FIELD

Registered charity 304733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a childrens play area, open space and football pitches

Objects

RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CORTON

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£65k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a closing balance of £16,151.95, having incurred total expenditure of £64,513.79 against total income of £56,212.80. The trustees' report describes the year as 'good' and notes various improvements to the facility, including new security and infrastructure. The independent examiner confirmed that the receipts and expenses were in accordance with the bank statements for the period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

JULIAN CANHAMchair
ALAN RICE
ANNE SHREEVE
MURRAY LAMBERT

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£36k	£65k
31/03/2024	£31k	£34k
31/03/2023	£31k	£20k
31/03/2022	£26k	£19k
31/03/2021	£23k	£23k

Common questions

Is CORTON PLAYING FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a closing balance of £16,151.95, having incurred total expenditure of £64,513.79 against total income of £56,212.80. The trustees' report describes the year as 'good' and notes various improvements to the facility, including new security and infrastructure. The independent examiner confirmed that the receipts and expenses were in accordance with the bank statements for the 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	06/10/2011	£4k	Expansion of existing Children's Play Area

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 Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND AND PARISH RECREATION GROUND.

CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND AND PARISH RECREATION GROUND income £278k
GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £54k
STAINTON RECREATION GROUND income £56k
STORTH PLAYING FIELD income £31k
CUDDINGTON PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION income £43k
CORAM'S FIELDS SPORTS AND RECREATION income £678k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORTON PLAYING FIELD	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND AND PARISH RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£278k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£54k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STAINTON RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£56k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STORTH PLAYING FIELD FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CUDDINGTON PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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