The Jubilee Field is managed by Uffington Parish Council for the benefit of residents and villagers alike. As trustees of the Jubilee Field we have responsibility for the maintenance of play equipment and general maintenance of the field, trees, pond and other facilities.

Jubilee Field Trust

The Conveyance, dated 30 July 1971, by which Robert Geddes Spence transferred the Jubilee Field (‘JF’) to the Parish Council, and the Parish Council subsequently let part of the JF to the village hall trustees for a term of 99 years from 23 September 1974, and later another part to the owners of the Uffington Post Office and Stores.

The Parish Council is ‘Custodian Trustee’. A custodian trustee is a corporation appointed to have the custody, as distinct from the management, of trust property, so it is Uffington Parish Council as a corporate whole, rather than named individuals, which has the responsibility. Under the Trust Deed, Uffington Parish Council holds the Jubilee Field on trust for a recreation ground for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Uffington; the Deed requires Uffington Parish Council to administer and manage the Jubilee Field through a Committee of Management (which is to consist of the members of the Parish Council, but with them wearing a different hat from the Custodian Trustee role). The term of the Agreement (attached below) is for one year (from 12 November 2018) and thereafter until determined in a number of ways which are set down in the agreement. The Committee of Management is required to hold at least two ordinary meetings in each year as well as an Annual General Meeting and to provide for this the Jubilee Field is an agenda item for every monthly meeting of Uffington Parish Council.

There is no bank account for the Jubilee Field Trust and it does not hold any money in any other account although specific funds are budgeted for the Jubilee Field in the Uffington Parish Council account and raised via the precept. Additional funding for Jubilee Field projects may be raised via grants, donations and the use of S106/CIL funds if available.