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.

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

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.

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 4.8 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 (5.2%) (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
• Christopher Neil Turner · trustee of 1 other charity
• 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

Common questions

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 THE WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION.

• THE WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE income £3.4m
• STAFFORD EDUCATION CENTRE CHARITY income £172k
• THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD income £2.6m
• BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• STAFFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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