SEEND LYE RECREATION FIELD

Registered charity 305565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and maintain a recreation ground and recreational facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Seend.

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: PARISH OF SEEND

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
£44k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial reserves have been significantly depleted due to legal costs, with investments dropping from over £195,000 to under £100,000. The charity reports an outstanding legal account of £96,000 and notes that grants are becoming harder to obtain. Despite these pressures, the charity remains operational with active use of its facilities by various community groups.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fete
“TOTAL 83,990.62 44,317.48”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £100k)
“The costs involved in protecting the Lye Field have been significant and has massively depleted the Trust’s financial reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£29k
31/03/2024£84k£88k
31/03/2023£41k£42k
31/03/2022£29k£23k
31/03/2021£63k£54k

Common questions

Is SEEND LYE RECREATION FIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial reserves have been significantly depleted due to legal costs, with investments dropping from over £195,000 to under £100,000. The charity reports an outstanding legal account of £96,000 and notes that grants are becoming harder to obtain. Despite these pressures, the charity remains operational with active use of its facilities by various community groups.