Common questions about Fields in Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Fields in Trust a good charity? +
Fields in Trust scores 80 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 86% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Fields in Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Fields in Trust as a registered charity (charity number 306070). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=306070&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Fields in Trust's charity number? +
Fields in Trust's charity number is 306070. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Fields in Trust's charity rating? +
Fields in Trust scores 80 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Fields in Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Fields in Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Fields in Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 86% of Fields in Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Fields in Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 14% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 19% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Fields in Trust. Fields in Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Fields in Trust receive? +
Fields in Trust reported £1.8m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Fields in Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-06). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Fields in Trust based? +
Fields in Trust's registered contact address is in London (EC1R 0AT). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on environment.
How much is Fields in Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Fields in Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Fields in Trust's money come from? +
Fields in Trust reported £1.8m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.1m (64%), other income £345k (19%), charitable activities £190k (11%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Fields in Trust? +
The register records Fields in Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Fields in Trust's trustees paid? +
Fields in Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Fields in Trust previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Fields in Trust: National Playing Fields Association.
When was Fields in Trust registered as a charity? +
Fields in Trust was entered on the register on 13 December 1979. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number RC000370).
How does CharityCompare score Fields in Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Fields in Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Fields in Trust's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.