RUFFORTH PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 503002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community sports and leisure.

Objects

TO PERMIT PREMISES TO BE USED AND ENJOYED AS AND FOR A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RUFFORTH WITHIN THE CIVIL PARISH OF RUFFORTH SITUATE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF HARROGATE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Area of benefit: RUFFORTH

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 · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £14,560.17 for the year ended 28 February 2026, with cash and bank balances increasing to £73,713.21. The charity holds significant non-monetary assets, including 15.4 acres of land and various improvements, valued at £187,108.57. The trustees have prepared accounts on a receipts and payments basis, which were independently examined without any matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTINE ANNE PLACE
Captain Alan Wrigley JP
MR A B ATKINSON
MR E D PRESTON
PETER WILLIAMSON
WENDY FARNELL

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2026	£40k	£25k
28/02/2025	£29k	£25k
29/02/2024	£42k	£40k
28/02/2023	£29k	£21k
28/02/2022	£31k	£21k

Common questions

Is RUFFORTH PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state a net surplus of £14,560.17 for the year ended 28 February 2026, with cash and bank balances increasing to £73,713.21. The charity holds significant non-monetary assets, including 15.4 acres of land and various improvements, valued at £187,108.57. The trustees have prepared accounts on a receipts and payments basis, which were independently examined without any matters requiring attention. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/11/2015	£10k	Rufforth Playing Fields Play Area

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION.

GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £54k
LAKENHEATH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £159k
NEWBALD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £53k
CUDDINGTON PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION income £43k
PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION BEEFORD income £115k
WELFORD SPORTS FIELD ASSOCIATION income £31k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUFFORTH PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GILMORTON COMMUNITY PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£54k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LAKENHEATH PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWBALD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CUDDINGTON PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION BEEFORD FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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