CAPITAL KIDS CRICKET

Registered charity 1056817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON SCHOOLS CRICKET PROJECT

Providing facilities for playing of cricket by schoolchildren in full-timeprimary and secondary education in Greater London

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£470k

Latest spending

£501k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,402 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £220,011 to £191,608. The trustees confirm that reserves are equivalent to three months' expenditure and believe current funds are sufficient to meet obligations. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (41% of income)

“Grant receivable 192,530” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ expenditure (held: £192k)

“The reserves and cash held at the end of the year are equivalent to three months’ expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03175913

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Capital Kids Cricket (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BABU, Dalwardin — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
HAI, Mohammed Abdul — director, appointed 24/01/2024on trustee list
KNAPPETT, Judith — director, appointed 21/05/2021on trustee list
BARCLAY, John Robert Troutbeck — director, appointed 08/06/2018on trustee list
KUMAR, Balasubramanian Kalyan — director, appointed 06/10/2017on trustee list
VERITY, Richard Christopher Geddes — director, appointed 09/10/2013on trustee list
CHALLINOR, Edward John — director, appointed 21/03/1996on trustee list
TURNER, Frank Haydn — director, appointed 21/03/1996on trustee list
TURNER, Frank Haydn — secretary, appointed 21/08/2023

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Balasubramanian Kalyan Kumar
Dalwardin Babu · trustee of 3 other charities
EDWARD JOHN CHALLINOR
FRANK HAYDN TURNER
John Robert Troutbeck Barclay · trustee of 2 other charities
Judith Knappett
Mohammed Abdul Hai
Richard Verity

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

Operates in: Lebanon · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£470k	£501k
31/03/2024	£458k	£418k
31/03/2023	£415k	£355k
31/03/2022	£406k	£346k
31/03/2021	£435k	£328k

Common questions

Is CAPITAL KIDS CRICKET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,402 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £220,011 to £191,608. The trustees confirm that reserves are equivalent to three months' expenditure and believe current funds are sufficient to meet obligations. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAPITAL KIDS CRICKET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAPITAL KIDS CRICKET as a grant recipient include THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, The Portal Trust, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£80k	Junior cricket club
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£30k	Cricket programme
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	FY2022	£25k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	FY2023	£25k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£16k	Cricket programme
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£14k	Holiday Activities for Young People
The Portal Trust	FY2023	£12k	Multisports Activities and Life Skills Workshops in Pupil Referral Units
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£10k	Youth
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding of activities
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Holiday Activities for Young People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£9k	Summer Activities for Young People
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£8k	Junior cricket club
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	the Arundel Castle Residential Trip
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2022	£4k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k	Summer activities for young people
THE SHELDON TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Holiday Projects

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	02/03/2026	£11k	Play, Move, Belong: After-School Movement for Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/12/2024	£20k	CKC Youth Hub
Sport England	25/08/2023	£12k	Pymmes Park Activation
Sport England	05/05/2022	£10k	Jubilee Fund - Housing Estates Cricket League
Sport England	23/02/2021	£10k	TGC CF EastEnders Active Girls (EAG)
City Bridge Foundation	25/01/2021	£250k	Grant to Capital Kids Cricket
Greater London Authority	01/11/2020	£9k	Tackling Loneliness in Leyton
Sport England	13/05/2020	£5k	COVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/04/2020	£10k	Building Communities: Refugees and Asylum Seeker
Sport England	27/06/2019	£9k	Tackling Women's Inactivity through University Cricket
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/05/2014	£10k	Healthy and Active
Sport England	11/08/2011	£20k	developing clubs

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST	1	£452k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST	1	£139k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£138k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£138k
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£84k
THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION	1	£64k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON SCHOOLS' CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

LONDON SCHOOLS' CRICKET ASSOCIATION income £154k
MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.7m
ACE PROGRAMME income £788k
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB income £122k
BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
BAT FOR A CHANCE income £376k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CAPITAL KIDS CRICKET	£470k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON SCHOOLS' CRICKET ASSOCIATION FY2024	£154k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ACE PROGRAMME FY2025	£788k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB FY2026	£122k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.