EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB

Registered charity 1177586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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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Latest income
£358k
Latest spending
£332k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members' subscriptions and fees (46% of income)
“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
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The club operates a trading subsidiary, East Molesey Cricket Club Bar Ltd, which donates profits to the club. This is a related party relationship, but the transaction is described as standard trading profit donation rather than a specific material related-party transaction requiring separate disclosure in the notes provided.
“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
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: East Molesey Cricket Club Bar Ltd
“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
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB BAR LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • 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)

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/04/2024£8kEMCC Cricket 4 All
Sport England20/05/2020£7kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England22/05/2014£1kEmergency Flood Relief
Sport England08/06/2011£7kFunds for colts training equipment and mobile covers
Sport England13/04/2010£10kApplication for a new cricket roller

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UPCHURCH CRICKET CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST MOLESEY CRICKET CLUB£358k—0unclear—no doubt
UPCHURCH CRICKET CLUB FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
ILMINSTER CRICKET CLUB FY2024£106k—0unclear—no doubt
MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025£2.7m——above—no doubt
PREES CRICKET AND RECREATION CLUB FY2025£197k——unclear—no doubt
CRANBROOK SPORTS CLUB FY2025£463k—0unclear—no doubt

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