MOUNTFIELD PLEASURE GROUND

Registered charity 305274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of land at Mountfield, Dripping Pan and Convent Field, for the benefit of the public generally and especially the inhabitants of the District of Lewes in the County of East Sussex.

Objects

RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF LEWES

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
£171k
Latest spending
£171k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's assets did not generate sufficient income to cover costs, resulting in a deficit that was funded by a grant from Lewes District Council. Per the trustees' report, reserves are not retained because the annual grant covers the shortfall between receipts and payments. Consequently, cash and bank balances at the end of the year were zero.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Parking Income (38% of income)
“Parking Income 56,709” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“For this reason, reserves or balances are not retained.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The deficit on operations on the year is funded by the Council by means of a grant.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£171k£171k
31/03/2024£140k£140k
31/03/2023£156k£156k
31/03/2022£143k£143k
31/03/2021£120k£120k

Common questions

Is MOUNTFIELD PLEASURE GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust's assets did not generate sufficient income to cover costs, resulting in a deficit that was funded by a grant from Lewes District Council. Per the trustees' report, reserves are not retained because the annual grant covers the shortfall between receipts and payments. Consequently, cash and bank balances at the end of the year were zero. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.