LAKENHEATH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 304908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAKENHEATH PLAYING FIELD

Provides buildings/facilities, play and open space.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £15,509.50 with no restricted or endowment funds remaining. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a positive financial position with total assets less liabilities in the black, though it carries outstanding loan balances of £21,547.04 and £5,047.04.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

George James Plumb
Kevin Robert Watts
Tracy Lynn Whitehand

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£106k	£82k
31/12/2023	£71k	£71k
31/12/2022	£75k	£88k
31/12/2021	£46k	£50k
31/12/2020	£49k	£20k

Common questions

Is LAKENHEATH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £15,509.50 with no restricted or endowment funds remaining. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a positive financial position with total assets less liabilities in the black, though it carries outstanding loan balances of £21,547.04 and £5,047.04. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£178k
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	1	£80k
MOYNITRUST	1	£20k

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
HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD income £150k
THE LONDON PLAYING FIELDS SOCIETY income £1.8m
LEAFY LANE PLAYING FIELDS LTD income £136k
THE EAST LEAKE PLAYING FIELD CHARITY income £170k
Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LAKENHEATH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD FY2025	£150k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE LONDON PLAYING FIELDS SOCIETY FY2025	£1.8m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	above	—	no doubt
LEAFY LANE PLAYING FIELDS LTD FY2025	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EAST LEAKE PLAYING FIELD CHARITY FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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