THE CRICKET SOCIETY TRUST

Registered charity 1017194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRICKET SOCIETY TRUST

The advancement of remedial training and physical education for people who are disabled or physically or mentally handicapped or who are deprived of such training or education by poverty or social and economic circumstances by any method which shall be recognised as charitable. With the emphasis on providing help/financial support, training and education to groups of youngsters with special needs.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF REMEDIAL TRAINING AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DSIABLED OR PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED OR WHO ARE DEPRIVED OF SUCH TRAINING OR EDUCATION BY POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY ANY METHOD WHICH SHALL BE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £16,289 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds from £27,212 to £10,923. The trustees report that all held cash is in unrestricted funds at the Bank, with no liabilities disclosed in the balance sheet. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Barclays — “The Cricket Society Trust today welcomed the announcement of the launch of the Barclays Knight Stokes Cup for state schools cricket” (source page)
• Sport England Lottery Fund — “The funding this year has been by SPORT ENGLAND LOTTERY FUND, LEN PICK TRUST, CRICKET SOCIETY TRUST” (source page)
• Len Pick Trust — “The funding this year has been by SPORT ENGLAND LOTTERY FUND, LEN PICK TRUST, CRICKET SOCIETY TRUST” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ronald George Patersonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jeff Barnes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Geoffrey Warren Hastings
• Mukesh Rabadia
• Nicholas Richard Gaywod
• Peter Miles Hardy

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHESTER FC COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED.

• CHESTER FC COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £376k
• CRICK COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE income £30k
• DISABILITY SPORTS COACH income £401k
• THE CRICKET ASYLUM FOUNDATION income £30k
• BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRUST income £1.3m
• BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST income £263k

Side by side with its peers

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