ALLITHWAITE PLAYING FIELDS

Registered charity 508931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides a community resource primarily for the local residents of Allithwaite and surrounding area of which its purpose includes sporting, social and recreational activities for those residents. The purpose to have a central location to build up on the community togetherness and spirit of the village.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF PLAYING FIELDS OR OTHERWISE.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALLITHWAITE AND THE VICINITY

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity completed a roof replacement and solar PV installation project, largely funded by grants, while resolving outstanding utility bills. The closing bank balance is reported as £8,127.38, and the trustees note that further investment is needed for energy efficiency upgrades.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ruth Margaret Aireychair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gillian Ann Pocklington
• Heather Suzanne Wilson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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