Cricketers' Trust Limited

Registered charity 1120088 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCA BENEVOLENT FUND LTD, PROFESSIONAL CRICKETERS TRUST LTD

To promote the relief of physical and mental illness and disability, addictions and hardship of both men and women who are involved or were formally involved in the playing of cricket professionally in England and Wales (members of the Professional Cricketers' Association) and their dependants who, for whatever reason, are in need of such relief.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£483k

Latest spending

£276k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £231,697 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,137,100. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet current and future requirements and that the financial position is robust. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from Professional Cricketers' Association and PCA Management Limited.

“During the year, donations received from Professional Cricketers' Association of £320 (2023: £120) and PCA Management Limited of £4,815 (2023: £26) relate to amounts received by these two organisations on behalf of Professional Cricketers' Trust.” — page 19

“During the year, the charity purchased consultancy services of £6,000 (2023: £6,000) from Mr D Graveney who is the charity’s president.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Consultancy services purchased from Mr D Graveney, the charity's president.

“During the year, donations received from Professional Cricketers' Association of £320 (2023: £120) and PCA Management Limited of £4,815 (2023: £26) relate to amounts received by these two organisations on behalf of Professional Cricketers' Trust.” — page 19

“During the year, the charity purchased consultancy services of £6,000 (2023: £6,000) from Mr D Graveney who is the charity’s president.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Accountancy and examination services purchased from Dyke Yaxley, where Trustee Mr G Davies is a consultant.

“During the year, donations received from Professional Cricketers' Association of £320 (2023: £120) and PCA Management Limited of £4,815 (2023: £26) relate to amounts received by these two organisations on behalf of Professional Cricketers' Trust.” — page 19

“During the year, the charity purchased consultancy services of £6,000 (2023: £6,000) from Mr D Graveney who is the charity’s president.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation received from The Tom Maynard Trust, of which Trustee Ian Thomas is a trustee.

“During the year, donations received from Professional Cricketers' Association of £320 (2023: £120) and PCA Management Limited of £4,815 (2023: £26) relate to amounts received by these two organisations on behalf of Professional Cricketers' Trust.” — page 19

“During the year, the charity purchased consultancy services of £6,000 (2023: £6,000) from Mr D Graveney who is the charity’s president.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cricketers' Trust Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Graham Gooch Foundation — “Graham Gooch Foundation donates £20,000 to Trust” (source page)
Northern Trust — “Northern Trust has been proud to support the PCA for over 10 years and, through this partnership, we have been able to help the PCA with the…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID FORDchair
Chetan Patel
Daryl Mitchell
GEOFFREY DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Thomas
Marcus Trescothick MBE
Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Sophie Kent

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£483k	£276k
31/12/2023	£417k	£352k
31/12/2022	£381k	£332k
31/12/2021	£464k	£286k
31/12/2020	£126k	£278k

Common questions

Is Cricketers' Trust Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £231,697 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,137,100. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet current and future requirements and that the financial position is robust. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Cricketers' Trust Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Cricketers' Trust Limited as a grant recipient include E B M CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Grant paid to institution
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£130

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
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£94k
ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST	1	£452k
THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST	1	£139k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£138k
THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION	1	£64k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£50k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£48k
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION	1	£47k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST.

ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST income £41.7m
THE OVAL CRICKET RELIEF TRUST income £104k
MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.7m
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD income £2.6m
STAFFORDSHIRE CRICKET LIMITED income £1.2m
BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Cricketers' Trust Limited	£483k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST FY2026	£41.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE OVAL CRICKET RELIEF TRUST FY2024	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD FY2025	£2.6m	£100,001 - £105,999	2	above	—	no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE CRICKET LIMITED FY2024	£1.2m	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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