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The London Playing Fields Society

The London Playing Fields Society is a registered charity (number 302925) based in London, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as The London Playing Fields Foundation (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.lpff.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.8m£2.1m
  • 2024£1.7m£2.0m
  • 2023£1.7m£2.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.6m£1.9m
  • 2021£1.4m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

13 grants · £720,053 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

Most recent

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.

7.6y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
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

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.
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
302925
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 11TH FEBRUARY 1998 AND SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 9TH MARCH 1998
Contact on the register
02073230331 · enquiries@lpff.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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