STAFFORDSHIRE CRICKET LIMITED

Registered charity 1196490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAFFORDSHIRE CRICKET, STAFFORDSHIRE CRICKET LTD

Provision of development, participation and education opportunities and support through cricket and other sports in the historic county of Staffordshire in the interests of social welfare, health and well-being.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE TO:1. PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND/OR;2. PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE AND BEYOND. TO SERVE AS THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY FOR RECREATIONAL CRICKET IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, ADAPTING AND ADOPTING LOCAL POLICIES, IN LINE WITH NATIONAL PROGRAMMES, DIRECTIVES AND RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD (ECB) AND/OR;3. PROMOTE EDUCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUPPORTING THE CRICKET NETWORK AND ITS PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS OR OTHER BETTERMENT IN SKILLS INCLUDING PLAYING, COACHING, SAFEGUARDING, UMPIRING AND OFFICIATING, GROUNDSKEEPING, CLUB MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £58,778 for the year ended 30 September 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £446,434. The trustees have deemed this level of free reserves appropriate to meet potential shortfalls given that income streams for the next twelve months are not yet fully confirmed. The charity is reliant on the England & Wales Cricket Board as its principal funding source and has budgeted for a slight loss in the following period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "within" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Andrew Smithchair
• Amit Sharma
• Helen Bourton
• JASON NICHOLAS BRITTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Macleod
• Martin Nicholas Davies
• Nicolas John Archer
• Sue Rennie
• Toyin Higgs · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sandwell · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

• BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• DERBYSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED income £1.2m
• SHROPSHIRE CRICKET BOARD LIMITED income £768k
• HAMPSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION income £96k
• Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire income £4.6m
• THE WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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