Fields in Trust
Registered charity 306070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIELDS IN TRUST (FIT), NATIONAL PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION, NPFA · also registered in Scotland as SC040357 (OSCR)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity delivered a small operating surplus for the first time in several years, with total income rising to £1.79m and expenditure at £1.35m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves increased to £2.10m, a level the trustees consider prudent for six months of forward expenditure, providing a strong foundation for future sustainability.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months forward expenditure (held: £2.1m)
“Trustees consider it prudent to retain these reserves at a level representing around six months forward expenditure and wind up or transfer costs. Six months forward expenditure is currently budgeted at £0.74m.” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: FIT purchased furniture at a cost of £3,000 from a company whose director is the spouse of the CEO.
“During the year, FIT purchased furniture at a cost of £3,000 from a company whose director is the spouse of the CEO. Aggregate donations from related parties in 2025 totalled £nil (2024: £nil)” — page 60
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: NPFA Services Limited, King George's Field Foundation
“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly-owned subsidiaries NPFA Services Limited and King George's Field Foundation on a line by line basis.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fields in Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jill Scott MBE — President (source)
- The Prince of Wales — Patron (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£208k
Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
- CARLOTTA CALLERI ZAVANELLI NEWBURY
- Caroline Atkinson
- Clive Betts
- Duncan Neil Peake · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ewan Stuart Gillies
- Ian Ginbey
- Jeremy Hammond · trustee of 1 other charity
- Joanna Barnett
- MARK CAMPION
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Fields in Trust financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity delivered a small operating surplus for the first time in several years, with total income rising to £1.79m and expenditure at £1.35m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves increased to £2.10m, a level the trustees consider prudent for six months of forward expenditure, providing a strong foundation for future sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds Fields in Trust?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Fields in Trust as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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