LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND CRICKET FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1207043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE CHARITY EXISTS TO FURTHER THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES: 1.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS ("FACILITIES" MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); AND 1.2 TO PROMOTE ALL PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR THROUGH AN ASSOCIATION WITH 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's expenditure exceeded its income by £91,218 during the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £407,755 to £316,538. The Trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit, with gross income exceeding £250,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leicestershire & Rutland Cricket Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Richard Pople
• Claire Ellen Smith
• Emma Louise White
• Hema Badger-Mistry
• Michelle Williams
• Paul Gowdridge
• Shilly Pancholi
• Steven John White · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Campbell
• Victoria Ann Cartwright

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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