The BPFMC was set up in 1966 to manage the Brudenell Playing Fields and Village Hall ('The Barn') which had been bought in trust by the village of Baston for the recreation and leisure of the village residents and neighbourhood with the object of improving their condition of life, without distinction of sex, politics, religion or other opinions. Baston is unusual in that it is one of the few villages where both the Playing Fields and Village Hall are managed by a charity rather than a Parish Council. The Playing Fields and Village Hall belong to all the residents of the village – the management committee manages the Trust on behalf of the village.