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Registered charity · Devon

Recreation Ground, Morchard Bishop

Recreation Ground, Morchard Bishop is a registered charity (number 277053) based in Devon, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Robert Ian Robinson since 2019. Latest income £27k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

Also known as Morchard Bishop Playing Field Association (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £27k (2025)
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About

What it does
Amateur Sport
Where
Devon
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27k£34k
  • 2024£22k£16k
  • 2023£88k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£17k
  • 2021£35k£38k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A RECREATIONAL GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF MONCHRD BISHOP IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON.

Grants received

2 grants · £12,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
  • Sport England · £2,500

Most recent

  • Sport England £2,5002025-03-03
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002011-09-08
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

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company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 13

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
277053
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONVEYANCE DATED 13TH AUGUST 1959, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE COMMISSIONERS DATED 31ST AUGUST 1990.
Contact on the register
01363877523 · mbplayingfield@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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