Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

QUEEN ELIZABETH II PLAYING FIELDS

Provision of sporting facilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£12£12£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£69£85£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£4£9£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£48£50£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£1£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£1£10£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£11£3£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£1£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£1£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£1£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£1£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£1£4£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 39 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Football pitch protection and improvement.
£50,000 26/10/2012
Funding under Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Football pitch protection and improvement.'. This project lists its main activity as ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID SLEIGHT Appointed: 2019
  • GILL DARBYSHIRE Appointed: 2014
  • JOHN STEPHEN KENNY Appointed: 2011
  • JONATHAN FREDERIC SMITH
  • JUNE MARGARET BROWN
  • MARK DARBYSHIRE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Accountant
  • MARTIN JOHN HIGHTON (Chair)
  • MICHAEL THOMAS SEERY Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/1986, number: 517707
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 4 days late, AR20: 4 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR11: 141 days late, AR10: 25 days late, AR09: 42 days late, AR08: 92 days late, AR07: 53 days late, AR06: 170 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 95 days late,
Main office

22 KING STREET
WHALLEY
CLITHEROE
BB7 9SL

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF WHALLEY AND LITTLE MITTON, BILLINGTON AND LANGHO, AND WISWELL AND BARROW WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SEE OBJECT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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