BENTHAM PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 523491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support and maintain a recreation ground for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parishes of High and Low Bentham in the County of North Yorkshire.

Objects

A PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF HIGH AND LOW BENTHAM

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £6,070 for the year, with total incoming resources of £55,897 against outgoing resources of £61,967. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £93,209 are sufficient to cover outgoing liabilities for the next 12 months, ensuring the charity remains a going concern. However, the trustees note that current funding levels are only just adequate and are actively seeking additional grants to cover increasing operational costs.

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 4 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Ellershaw
• Heather Knowles
• INGRID ELLERSHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Guy

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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