EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB
Cricket club
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF CRICKET.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the club ended the year debt-free with total reserves of £237,087, having successfully repaid all outstanding loans including ECB and member loans. The club reported an excess of income over expenditure of £108,950, indicating strong operational financial health and the ability to fund facility improvements without external borrowing.
What the accounts disclose
“The Club’s largest source of income has always been and will continue to be from members’ subscriptions and match fees. They have increased in the year to £146,860 vs £133,883 in 2022/23” — page 3
“Since becoming a registered charity, the Club has set up a trading subsidiary, East Molesey Cricket Club Bar Ltd (Company No 11398581), in order to earn all the bar profits and donate them back to the Club free of corporation tax. The bar profits are thus shown on a Donations line in the Income & Expenditure Account but nothing has changed practically speaking beyond that.” — page 2
“Since becoming a registered charity, the Club has set up a trading subsidiary, East Molesey Cricket Club Bar Ltd (Company No 11398581), in order to earn all the bar profits and donate them back to the Club free of corporation tax.” — page 2
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- 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
- Paying staff
- 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
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 11245652
- Trading subsidiary: EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB BAR LTD Companies House 11398581
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £6k
- Creditors include £5,933 owed to participating interests (2024: £27,384).
“Amounts owed to participating interests”
Company officers (Companies House)
- DOYLE, Helen on trustee list
- TIGG, Matthew on trustee list
- DOWNER, Jeremy Alexander on trustee list
- BURGE, Kieran Darius Savak on trustee list
- BURGE, Sam Darius John on trustee list
- LAWFORD, Malcolm on trustee list
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- Helen Doyle
- Jeremy Alexander Downer
- Kieran Darius Savak Burge
- MALCOLM LAWFORD
- Matthew Alexander Tigg
- SAM DARIUS JOHN BURGE
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/10/2025 | £358k | £332k |
| 31/10/2024 | £322k | £322k |
| 31/10/2023 | £301k | £282k |
| 31/10/2022 | £332k | £238k |
| 31/10/2021 | £247k | £237k |
Common questions
Is EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the club ended the year debt-free with total reserves of £237,087, having successfully repaid all outstanding loans including ECB and member loans. The club reported an excess of income over expenditure of £108,950, indicating strong operational financial health and the ability to fund facility improvements without external borrowing. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport England | 10/04/2024 | £8k | EMCC Cricket 4 All |
| Sport England | 20/05/2020 | £7k | COVID-19 CEF |
| Sport England | 22/05/2014 | £1k | Emergency Flood Relief |
| Sport England | 08/06/2011 | £7k | Funds for colts training equipment and mobile covers |
| Sport England | 13/04/2010 | £10k | Application for a new cricket roller |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST | 1 | £139k |
| THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £138k |
| THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £84k |
| THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION | 1 | £64k |
| KUSUMA TRUST UK | 1 | £50k |
| E B M CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £29k |
| CEO SLEEPOUT | 1 | £20k |
| THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUST | 1 | £16k |
Charities like this
- UPCHURCH CRICKET CLUB
- ILMINSTER CRICKET CLUB
- MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION
- PREES CRICKET AND RECREATION CLUB
- CRANBROOK SPORTS CLUB
- CRESCENT LAWN TENNIS CLUB
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB | £358k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| UPCHURCH CRICKET CLUB | £184k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ILMINSTER CRICKET CLUB | £106k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION | £2.7m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| PREES CRICKET AND RECREATION CLUB | £197k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CRANBROOK SPORTS CLUB | £463k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |