STOCKPORT TRINITY CRICKET CLUB

Registered charity 1168905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Stockport Trinity Cricket Club aim is the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Stockport and the surrounding area?by the provision of facilities for playing cricket and other amateur sports.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT IF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKPORT AND SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET AND OTHER AMATEUR SPORTS.

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: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£85k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a £1,251 surplus for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven by crowdfunding, a kitchen surplus, and fundraising activities. Unrestricted reserves currently slightly exceed the stated policy target of £10,000, which the trustees hold in anticipation of further ground improvement projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10K (reserves figure: £73k)

“The club looks to maintain a buffer of £10K unrestricted reserves in the event of unforeseen costs.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Stan Aspinall (trustee) was paid £3,450 for providing groundsman services.

“During the year Stan Aspinall (trustee) was paid £3,450 (2022-3: £2,700) for providing groundsman services to the club.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Stan Aspinall was paid £3,450 for groundsman services.

“During the year Stan Aspinall (trustee) was paid £3,450 (2022-3: £2,700) for providing groundsman services to the club. All payments made we at arms length, at an open market rate and in accordance witht the club's constitution” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 20
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 5
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2025 (received 30/10/2026, 60 days after the 31/08/2026 due date); year ending 31/10/2024 (received 03/09/2025, 3 days after the 31/08/2025 due date); year ending 31/10/2023 (received 02/10/2024, 32 days after the 31/08/2024 due date); year ending 03/11/2022 (received 01/10/2023, 28 days after the 03/09/2023 due date); year ending 03/11/2021 (received 30/10/2022, 57 days after the 03/09/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Marie Groarke
Edward Peter Herbert
James Shaw
Richard Higginbotham
STEWART COATES

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£41k	£85k
31/10/2024	£37k	£36k
31/10/2023	£38k	£42k
03/11/2022	£30k	£60k
03/11/2021	£60k	£37k

Common questions

Is STOCKPORT TRINITY CRICKET CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a £1,251 surplus for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven by crowdfunding, a kitchen surplus, and fundraising activities. Unrestricted reserves currently slightly exceed the stated policy target of £10,000, which the trustees hold in anticipation of further ground improvement projects. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	13/03/2025	£2k	Installation Sandbanding Surface Drainage System
Sport England	05/02/2024	amount not stated	COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
Sport England	08/03/2021	amount not stated	COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)

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 GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST	1	£4k
THE HOLEHIRD TRUST	1	£2k
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Stockport County Community Trust.

Stockport County Community Trust income £976k
SAXTON CRICKET CLUB income £36k
GRAYSHOTT CRICKET CLUB income £81k
PENRITH CRICKET CLUB income £110k
BISHOP'S STORTFORD COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB income £29k
FRINTON-ON-SEA CRICKET CLUB income £255k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STOCKPORT TRINITY CRICKET CLUB	£41k	—	above	—	no doubt
Stockport County Community Trust FY2025	£976k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAXTON CRICKET CLUB FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRAYSHOTT CRICKET CLUB FY2025	£81k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PENRITH CRICKET CLUB FY2024	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BISHOP'S STORTFORD COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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