The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The London Playing Fields Society

Registered charity 302925 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

7.6y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Amateur Sport 9Education/training 9Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 61.6 in 2021

33 from 27 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lpff.org.uk
Emailenquiries@lpff.org.uk
Phone02073230331
AddressTHE LONDON PLAYING FIELDS, FOUNDATION, 58 BLOOMSBURY STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3QT

Finances

£1,841,238 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,435,783£1,602,495
2022£1,552,681£1,864,226
2023£1,682,020£2,101,496
2024£1,733,375£2,018,762
2025£1,841,238£2,121,763

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AT PLACES WITHIN OR ADJOINING THAT AREA WHICH FORMERLY CAME WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR OUTDOOR GAMES AND ATHLETICS FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THEM; (2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, COACHING AND OTHER FACILITIES TO YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 23 YEARS IN EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ASSIST WITH THEIR FURTHER EDUCATION IN ATHLETIC PURSUITS AT SCHOOL AND CLUB LEVEL.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 11TH FEBRUARY 1998 AND SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 9TH MARCH 1998

Trustees (10)

10trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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