PENRITH CRICKET CLUB
To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing cricket and other sports. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Penrith and surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances
Objects
3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS. (FACILITIES MEANING LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING ACTIVITIES).(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENRITH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £11,419 at the end of the period, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of income. The filing notes this was the charity's first period of operation, with funds transferred from a previous entity, and unrestricted reserves are currently insufficient to meet the stated policy target.
What the accounts disclose
“The Charity will look to increase the level of unrestricted reserves held over the next few years to 3 months of income”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- 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
- Risk management
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024
- Volunteers: 20
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2022
- Has a trading subsidiary
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2024 (received 22/07/2026, 325 days after the 31/08/2025 due date).
1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Funders the charity credits
- Hadfield Trust
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- ANDREW HALLchair
- ANDREW BENSON
- ANDREW MARK OSBORNE
- Emma Graham
- JOHN PICKTHALL
- Michael George Wilson
- ROB HUMPHREYS
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/10/2025 | — | — |
| 31/10/2024 | £110k | £77k |
| 31/10/2023 | £0 | £0 |
| 31/10/2022 | £0 | £0 |
| 31/10/2021 | £0 | £0 |
Common questions
Is PENRITH CRICKET CLUB financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £11,419 at the end of the period, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of income. The filing notes this was the charity's first period of operation, with funds transferred from a previous entity, and unrestricted reserves are currently insufficient to meet the stated policy target.
Who funds PENRITH CRICKET CLUB?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PENRITH CRICKET CLUB as a grant recipient include THE HOLEHIRD TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE HOLEHIRD TRUST | FY2025 | £2k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport England | 12/03/2025 | £13k | "Inclusive Cricket Futures" |
| UK government | 12/03/2025 | £13k | "Inclusive Cricket Futures" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/07/2024 | £20k | The Community Crease |
| Sport England | 05/06/2020 | £7k | COVID-19 CEF |
| Sport England | 14/01/2015 | £14k | Completion of Pavilion Modernisation |
| Sport England | 28/08/2013 | £49k | Completion of Pavilion Modernisation |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE ROMNEY CHARITY (OTHERWISE TETBURY CHARITY ESTATE) | 1 | £3k |
| THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND | 1 | £2k |
| THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- Kent Cricket Foundation
- DERBYSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED
- THE CLUB CRICKET ORGANISATION LTD
- ESSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION
- HAREFIELD CRICKET CLUB
- TETBURY CRICKET CLUB LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENRITH CRICKET CLUB | £110k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Kent Cricket Foundation | £68k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DERBYSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED | £1.2m | more than £60,000 | 1 | below | — | no doubt |
| THE CLUB CRICKET ORGANISATION LTD | £171k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ESSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION | £86k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HAREFIELD CRICKET CLUB | £29k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |