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LEVENS PLAYING FIELDS

Registered charity 523066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLAYING FIELD

The charity provides playing and sports facilitys for the Levens community.

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Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that for the year ended 31 March 2025, the charity reported a deficit of £8,456.65, with total income of £79,146.37 and total expenditure of £87,603.02. Per the treasurer's report, unrestricted reserves decreased from £49,339.13 at the start of the year to £31,172.48 at the end, comprising £5,761.73 in the current account and £25,410.75 in the business/savings account.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (74% of income)
“Grants for work on the Playing Fields: £58,640 in total” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £31k)
“Current account had £39,802 01, and Business (savings) account £9,537.12 at the beginning of this year (April 24) and at the end of the year: Current account: £5,761.73, and Business/savings: £25,410.75”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document notes the charity is awaiting response from the Charity Commission regarding a new CIO constitution and has been working to it before formal acceptance.
“Noted that MB has now lodged the new Community Interest Organisations (CIO) constitution with the Charity Commission and is awaiting response. We have been working to the new constitution.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£79k£88k
31/03/2024£26k£16k
31/03/2023£15k£15k
31/03/2022£17k£5k
31/03/2021£34k£46k

Common questions

Is LEVENS PLAYING FIELDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that for the year ended 31 March 2025, the charity reported a deficit of £8,456.65, with total income of £79,146.37 and total expenditure of £87,603.02. Per the treasurer's report, unrestricted reserves decreased from £49,339.13 at the start of the year to £31,172.48 at the end, comprising £5,761.73 in the current account and £25,410.75 in the business/savings account.

Who funds LEVENS PLAYING FIELDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEVENS PLAYING FIELDS as a grant recipient include THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOLEHIRD TRUST, THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE HOLEHIRD TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2024£20kRenovate Levens Playing Fields Courts