TATWORTH PLAYING FIELDS

Registered charity 308115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A recreation ground for the benefit of the local community

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHARD PARISH IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET

Area of benefit: CHARD PARISH

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds healthy bank balances with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £318,051. The Management Committee report confirms the balance sheet remains strong, allowing for the maintenance and improvement of facilities as finance allows.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Trustees · trustee networks

MARK JONATHAN CULVERWELLchair
ALEXANDER ANDREW ALLAN
ANDREW JONES
ANDREW RISTE
ANNA RUTH ALLEN
ANNETTE MARGARET GOODY
Diane Cox
ELISABETH ANNE AUSTIN
ERIC PEADON
GLADYS ELEANOR BETTY PRINCE · trustee of 1 other charity
HENRY NICHOLAS FOWLER
Ian Arfon Evans
JANET GWYNN
Jo Andrews
Kelly Foote
MALCOLM HAROLD OUSLEY
MICHAEL JOHN ROWSON
Martin Lillywhite
Paula Lillywhite
RICHARD DAVID ROWSON
ROBIN WILLIAM KINGSTON DANIELS
SCOTT DAVIES
Sean Bryan Johnson
VALERIE M JOSLIN

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£49k	£40k
31/03/2024	£46k	£38k
31/03/2023	£58k	£46k
31/03/2022	£29k	£27k
31/03/2021	£18k	£17k

Common questions

Is TATWORTH PLAYING FIELDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds healthy bank balances with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £318,051. The Management Committee report confirms the balance sheet remains strong, allowing for the maintenance and improvement of facilities as finance allows. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.