Registered charity · Colchester
The Essex Playing Fields and Children's Play Association
- 3 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Amateur Sport
- Where
- Essex, Suffolk
- Website
- www.essexpfa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£10k
- 2024£4k£9k
- 2023£6k£8k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£8k
- 2021£8k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND FOR SUCH PERSONS HAVING SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OF ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY OR SUCH OTHER PERSONS BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING.
Grants received
1 grant · £809 total360Giving 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 · £809
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Arfan Akram since 2022
- James Lynch since 2022
- Robert Gordon Smith since 2007
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Gordon Smith since 2007
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- James Lynch since 2022
- Robert Gordon Smith since 2007
Portfolio (1)
- Arfan Akram since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 301448
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AS REVISED IN 1961 AND 19TH NOVEMBER 1984
- Contact on the register
- 07739185697 · smitholby@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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