HARPENDEN CRICKET CLUB

Registered charity 1160656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HARPENDEN CRICKET CLUB IS A CRICKET CLUB WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF PROVIDING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING OF CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. THE CLUB IS CURRENTLY SOLELY FOCUSED ON CRICKET AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 9 SENIOR SIDES AND AROUND 300 COLTS PLAYING IN 16 JUNIOR TEAMS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE TO:-PROVIDE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS ("FACILITIES" MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISATION OF CRICKETING OR OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES);- ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHETHER OR NOT UNDERGOING FORMAL EDUCATION

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £36,871 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £309,392 to £272,521. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view, and the accounts were independently examined with no matters causing concern.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 20/10/2024, 82 days after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09264086

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.

• WASHINGTON, David Mark — director, appointed 15/07/2025on trustee list
• CAUNCE, Simon Andrew — director, appointed 18/11/2019on trustee list
• WADE, Simon — director, appointed 23/11/2014on trustee list
• FORDHAM, Mark Eric — director, appointed 14/10/2014on trustee list
• NEWMAN, Geoffrey Alistair — director, appointed 14/10/2014not on trustee list
• WATERS, Philip Edward — director, appointed 14/10/2014not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON DOUGLAS WADEchair
• David Mark Washington
• Geoff Newman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Elizabeth Grimberg
• MARK ERIC FORDHAM
• PHIL WATERS
• Simon Andrew Caunce

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARPENDEN ROVERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB.

• HARPENDEN ROVERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB income £98k
• HATFIELD PEVEREL FOOTBALL CLUB income £131k
• EALING CRICKET CLUB income £277k
• HAREFIELD CRICKET CLUB income £29k
• HARVESTERS FOOTBALL CLUB income £244k
• HOWDEN AFC income £134k

Side by side with its peers

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