Registered charity · Somerset
The Somerset Playing Fields Association
The Somerset Playing Fields Association is a registered charity (number 304699) based in Somerset, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Dave Durdan. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Spfa (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Somerset
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£12k
- 2024£6k£6k
- 2023£8k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£5k
- 2021£5k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVISE ON AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE PLAYING FIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS IN THE COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUTDOOR GAMES SPORTS AND PASTIMES FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE PLAYING OF ALL GAMES, SPORTS AND PASTIMES AS AFORESAID WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL WELFARE AND THE SAFETY OF THE POPULATION AND TO EXTEND THE BENEFITS OF PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS AND OPEN SPACES TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
Grants received
2 grants · £1,750 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
- Somerset Community Foundation · £1,750 (2 grants)
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Dave Durdan Chair
- Councillor MRS Jessica Anne Healey
- Jennifer Lawrence since 2024
- Martin Francis Dare since 2014
- William John Davey
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Francis Dare since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dave Durdan Chair
- Councillor MRS Jessica Anne Healey
- Jennifer Lawrence since 2024
- Martin Francis Dare since 2014
- William John Davey
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 304699
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION OF THE 28TH JUNE 1963 AS AMENDED 28TH NOVEMBER 1988, 1ST JUNE 1992, 30TH NOVEMBER 1993, 17TH NOVEMBER 1997, 20TH NOVEMBER 2000 AND 24TH SEPTEMBER 2001.
- Contact on the register
- 01278 789859 · somersetpfa@googlemail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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