GRAVESEND CRICKET, LAWN TENNIS AND BOWLING CLUB (1960) LIMITED

Registered charity 1161170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRAVESEND CRICKET, LAWN TENNIS AND BOWLING CLUB

The objects of the charity the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the residents of Gravesend and surrounding areas by the provision of facilities for the playing of cricket, bowling and tennis.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF GRAVESEND AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF CRICKET, BOWLING AND TENNIS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,431 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £86,670 to £84,239. The trustees state that the budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified. The charity aims to maintain reserves to cover a year of running costs while repaying interest-free loans.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00677457

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.

• SACRE, Michael Charles — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• BEST, John Dennis — director, appointed 28/01/2023on trustee list
• DODD, Andrew Ian — director, appointed 05/03/2022on trustee list
• HANCE, Timothy John — director, appointed 01/06/2015on trustee list
• PAHAL, Lak — director, appointed 01/06/2015not on trustee list
• PURDY, Angela Rose — director, appointed 01/06/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LAKHBIR SINGH PAHALchair
• ANGELA ROSE PURDY
• Andrew Ian Dodd
• John Dennis Best
• Michael Charles Sacre
• TIMOTHY JOHN HANCE
• TIMOTHY JOHN HANCE

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRINTON-ON-SEA CRICKET CLUB.

• FRINTON-ON-SEA CRICKET CLUB income £255k
• PENRITH CRICKET CLUB income £110k
• LIPHOOK & RIPSLEY CRICKET CLUB income £133k
• EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k
• ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST income £41.7m
• HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k

Side by side with its peers

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