BUCKS CRICKET CIO

Registered charity 1201817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bucks Cricket acts in developing the game of cricket. It will: - Promote community participation in cricket and recreation. - Provide and assist in providing facilities for cricket and sport, recreation and other leisure time activities in the interest of social welfare. - Advance the cricket and physical education of children and young people

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:1.TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR AND ORGANISING THE PLAYING OF CRICKET AND OTHER SPORT AND GAMES CAPABLE OF PROMOTING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THESE ARTICLES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL AND KNOW-HOW);2.TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE; AND 3.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF CRICKET THROUGH WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, CONFERENCES AND COURSES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted reserves of £332,956, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £120,000. The trustees and auditors confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richardson Jones. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenneth Ian Hodgsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anuj Sharma
• Breffni Mary Walsh
• Graham David Rance · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jessica Ann Chu
• Laura-Jane Walsh-Hall
• Martin Watts
• Michael David Richard Sutliff
• Ragveer Brar
• Stuart Beck
• Yolanda Harris

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BROCKHAMPTON CRICKET CLUB CIO income £56k
• THE CLUB CRICKET ORGANISATION LTD income £171k
• BERKSHIRE CRICKET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• Kent Cricket Foundation income £68k
• BANGOR CRICKET CLUB income £33k
• BERKHAMSTED COMMUNITY CRICKET AND SPORTS CLUB income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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