CRICKET BUILDS HOPE

Registered charity 1157287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RCSF, RWANDA CRICKET STADIUM FOUNDATION

Cricket Builds Hope supports the development of cricket in Rwanda through funding cricket infrastructure, facilities, equipment and some activities. The charity's aim is that more people in Rwanda can play cricket, from grassroots to elite level, and experience the benefits of participation in the sport. CBH works in partnership with local organisations to achieve this goal.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OFRWANDA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET(2) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO CONSTRUCT AND MANAGE, ON A NOT-FORPROFITBASIS, THE FIRST DEDICATED CRICKET FACILITY IN KIGALI, RWANDA(3) TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE CRICKET FACILITY AND OPERATE AND/OR MANAGE (WITHIN AND/OR OUTSIDETHE FACILITY) SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FROMTIME TO TIME SO THAT THE PLAYING AND/OR COACHING OF CRICKET WILL FORM PART OF ACOORDINATED APPROACH TO CHALLENGES FACING RWANDANS RELATING IN PARTICULAR TORECONCILIATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY, AND THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ANDVULNERABLE ADULTS;(4) TO BENEFIT RWANDANS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OFPOLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY ANDTHE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, NGOS, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COORDINATED EFFORTTO OVERCOME THE SAID CHALLENGES.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £68,898 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £172,900 to £104,002. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £104,002 at year-end, with the charity maintaining cash balances in the UK and Rwanda to mitigate cash flow risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cricket Builds Hope (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).

• Surrey County Cricket Club — “Surrey County Cricket have been tremendously supportive of CBH and its cause. As well as regular donations, generous auction prizes and spon…” (source page)
• Comic Relief — “Comic Relief and the Scottish Government provided funding for the first sport for change programme delivered by CBH from the Stadium.” (source page)
• Scottish Government — “Comic Relief and the Scottish Government provided funding for the first sport for change programme delivered by CBH from the Stadium.” (source page)
• Ark Build Plc — “Ark Build were generous and supportive during the construction of the Stadium and have continued to help CBH since then by making regular co…” (source page)
• Volcanoes Safaris — “Volcanoes Safaris kindly donated multiple auction prizes which led to CBH raising significant sums.” (source page)
• Nium — “They are a key sponsor for the Cricket Builds Hope Women’s Empowerment Programme.” (source page)
• Yorkshire Tea — “We are grateful for the ongoing support of Yorkshire Tea, who have been supporting CBH for many years. They made substantial contributions t…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN SENDOREK
• Edward George Pearson
• Graeme Loten
• JOHN ERNEST MCCREERY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Rwanda

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL.

• CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL income £399k
• CRICKET WITHOUT BOUNDARIES income £248k
• THE WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• Cricketers' Trust Limited income £755k
• BANGOR CRICKET CLUB income £33k
• DERBYSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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