SUSSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1162649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
As Sussex Crickets charitable arm, our aim is to actively change lives through cricket across the communities of Sussex. We use the game and the Sussex Cricket brand to deliver accessible and enjoyable opportunities that grow the sport, tackle inequalities, improve health and wellbeing and enable people to fulfil their potential. Through our activities we look to make cricket accessible to all.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £58,715 and total net assets of £316,335, down from £375,050 in the previous year. The trustees report that the Foundation is in a solid financial position and remains a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. The charity plans to break even over the medium term and holds sufficient cash resources to meet working capital requirements.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: sufficient cash resources prudent to meet working capital requirements and mitigation of adverse risks (held: £316k)
“The Trustees have earmarked sufficient cash resources that they feel are prudent to meet the dual needs of the working capital requirements and the mitigation of adverse risks as identified by the Risk Register. Aside from retaining a prudent amount in reserves, the majority of the charity’s funds are to be spent in the short term with no funds held for long-term investment.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases from parent entity
“During the year the Foundation made purchases from Sussex Cricket Limited of £971,662 (2024: £746,287). At the balance sheet date £46,738 (2024: £5,651) was owed to Sussex Cricket Limited by Sussex Cricket Foundation which is included in Creditors and Debtors.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sussex Cricket Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Gary Wallis-Tayler — Head of Foundation (source)
- Shelagh Legrave CBE — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- THORNICROFT, Annali-Joy — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
- LEGRAVE, Shelagh Jane — director, appointed 01/08/2025not on trustee list
- MORRIS, Ian Thomas — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
- IVES, Kevin Ronald — director, appointed 10/02/2025on trustee list
- BATCHELOR, Kirsty — director, appointed 10/02/2025on trustee list
- MAIN, Sarah, Dr — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
- SMITH, Phil — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
- CHAUHAN, Anju — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
- COOPER, Katherine Marie — director, appointed 01/07/2016not on trustee list
- COOKE, Anthony Paul — secretary, appointed 22/07/2026
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (61% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SUSSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £58,715 and total net assets of £316,335, down from £375,050 in the previous year. The trustees report that the Foundation is in a solid financial position and remains a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. The charity plans to break even over the medium term and holds sufficient cash resources to meet working capital requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.
Who funds SUSSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SUSSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include ALDRIDGE FOUNDATION CIO, THE PRIORY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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