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ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST

Registered charity 1112540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing cricket and to promote all purposes as recognised as charitable under the laws of England and Wales through an association with cricket.

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

Latest income
£41.7m
Latest spending
£37.7m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,070,414 for the year ended 31 January 2026, driven largely by a £37.5 million donation from its parent company, the England and Wales Cricket Board. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £40,831,821, which the trustees confirmed were adequate to cover more than the next 12 months of expenditure, supporting a 'none' assessment for going concern material uncertainty.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the level of interest free loans to be made to recreational cricket clubs plus the level of expenditure, both charitable spend and overheads, expected in the next 12 months (held: £40.8m)
“The Trust plans to always maintain opening reserves so that during the year, as a minimum, reserves are at least: (i) the level of interest free loans to be made to recreational cricket clubs; plus (ii) the level of expenditure, both charitable spend and overheads, expected in the next 12 months.” — page 7
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from ultimate controlling party
“The Trust’s ultimate controlling party is the ECB. As such, donations from the ECB received in year amount to £37,500,000 (2025: £27,000,000). No other transactions took place in year between the Trust and ECB.” — page 29
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Total income
£41.7m
Total spending
£37.7m
Reserves (reported)
£40.8m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~13.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£41.7m£37.7m
31/01/2025£29.1m£27.2m
31/01/2024£22.0m£26.1m
31/01/2023£1.4m£29.7m
31/01/2022£45.5m£24.0m

Common questions

Is ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,070,414 for the year ended 31 January 2026, driven largely by a £37.5 million donation from its parent company, the England and Wales Cricket Board. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £40,831,821, which the trustees confirmed were adequate to cover more than the next 12 months of expenditure, supporting a 'none' assessment for going concern material uncertainty. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST2£94k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST2£39k
THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST1£139k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST1£138k
THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION1£64k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£50k
United by 2022 Charity1£41k
CEO SLEEPOUT1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cricketers' Trust Limited.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST£41.7m—0above—no doubt
Cricketers' Trust Limited FY2024£483k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD FY2025£2.6m£100,001 - £105,9992above—no doubt
BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
FRINTON-ON-SEA CRICKET CLUB FY2025£255k—0unclear—no doubt
LIPHOOK & RIPSLEY CRICKET CLUB FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt

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